Mark 6:3-6
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief.
And he went about among the villages teaching.
Tag: Assumed Constraints
An Assumed Constraint is a learned helplessness that you have acquired over the years that you honestly believe will hinder you from accomplishing your goal, task or desired outcome. They usually begin with the phrase, “We don’t have enough ....”. We can’t accomplish something because we don’t have enough time, talent, money, skills, etc. An assumed constraint holds us back from getting here we need to get. In the above passage we see that the friends and family of Jesus had an assumed constraint. They didn’t believe He could be the Son of God and teaching the synagogue like He was doing, because He was ONLY a carpenter’s son. They had limited His ability to do any miracles or great hints for God because of this assumed constraint. The people, in essence, were saying, “He doesn’t have enough talent because He is just a son off a common carpenter.” We limit God’s work all the time because of our own assumed constraints. We do not believe God can work a miracle because of these learned helplessness. We often say, “If I only had _______, I could accomplish _______.” We have to allow the power of God to fill in the blanks for us. He can provide the power. Think of Moses. He didn’t have the ability to speak and God provided Aaron, his brother. God can and does overcome our assumed constraint(s). It is by faith we believe in the power of God and His ability to help us unlearn these beliefs.
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