“Maybe you’re right,” he said. “God ought to be able to do anything.” (Page 58, Big Book)
Is there a limit to how many people one can sponsor?
In practice no, in the sense that, even without erecting artificial barriers or pulling up the drawbridge, the numbers seem to sort themselves out. God always shows me a way of saying ‘yes’—presuming I’m the right person for the job—in a way that ensures the sponsee gets sponsored properly plus my other obligations get fulfilled and I get to have a nice time in life generally. To the extent there is a genuine cap, God seems to take care of that in that people stop asking when I’m genuinely at capacity.
Sometimes they’re best off with someone with just one other sponsee, because they require several hours a day, or with a newer person, because the identification is better, and I redirect, but the facilitation and redirection takes place because of reasons specific to the sponsee, not my schedule, availability, wishes, convenience, or other obligations.
It is through the people brought to me that my other problems are solved, so to forego helping others because of my other problems is to actually prevent God from solving my problems.
Thus, I’m always willing to have the conversation.
God can do anything.