{"id":5091,"date":"2022-09-25T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2022-09-16T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:43:40","slug":"no-barriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5091","title":{"rendered":"No Barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We were nearing the end of our time in Estes Park in late August when this sign caught my eye:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s within you is stronger than what’s in your way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, I thought it was a motivational seminar of some sort, but I soon realized it was a conference for those with disabilities. The No Barriers website<\/a> explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We empower people to break through barriers, find their inner purpose and contribute their very best to the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, more than ever, we need to believe that What\u2019s Within Us Is Stronger Than What\u2019s In Our Way. Through transformative online and in-person experiences, tools and inspiration, we help people tap into their inner hope, optimism and resilience. In the process, we foster a community of curious, brave and collaborative explorers who are determined to live the No Barriers Life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saw special wheelchairs designed for hiking mountain trails and invitations for folks to participate in archery, orienteering, and other outdoor activities. The company that provided the wheelchairs had a tagline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making Adventure Accessible<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like that. My first book is Join the Adventure!<\/a>, in which I tried to do precisely that: make the Adventure of participating in God’s mission accessible. We all have handicaps, especially spiritual ones. God makes the Adventure accessible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice how the Apostle Paul latches onto the word SUFFICIENCY in his second letter to the Corinthians:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient <\/strong>in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency <\/strong>is from God, who has made us sufficient <\/strong>to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2 Corinthians 3.4 – 6, ESV, emphasis mine)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ties in nicely with the \u201cno barriers\u201d concept. I\u2019m not sufficient, but my sufficiency comes from God who makes me sufficient! Indeed, the Adventure is accessible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m reminded of when I heard the English author Major Ian Thomas tell a story about a Rolls Royce<\/a> owner who wondered if he could take it into the mountains. Does it have enough power? The company wrote in typical English understatement, \u201cIt\u2019s adequate.\u201d This for a car with twice as much power as others in its day. The Greek word translated \u201csufficient\u201d in these verses includes the idea of \u201cTo equip one with adequate power\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us… (Ephesians 3.20, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (1 John 4.4, NKJV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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