Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
It is a beautiful Saturday morning, the sun is out and the birds are chirping. I mean it is truly picturesque! I curl up in my favorite spot on the couch, sipping my hot tea, pen poised ever so ready. I ponder what kind of great wisdom I can bestow upon you today. What do you need to hear from me (or read)? What beautifully, eloquently chosen words should flow from my pen? I sit and I wait and I ask God what can I tell you today. Then I hear a resounding nothing!
No, I don’t mean I didn’t hear God say anything. I mean I heard God say the word, “Nothing!”
I can’t tell you anything. I mean yes, right now, the sun is shining and the birds are chirping. But please, did I mention to see that the sun I had to look over the dirty dishes in the kitchen sink. Yeah, the birds are chirping, but so is the traffic racing by my house. Oh, and don’t get me started on that pile of dirty socks and undies calling my name, which is the real reason I am sitting here still in my pj’s if you know what I mean.
I can’t help you with your fears, doubts, hopelessness, anxiety or even your joys. Shoot, I struggle with all of those myself. But God can. It isn’t my words you came here to read at this very moment. It is God’s. It just happens to be my pen (or actually a keyboard) He has chosen to use right now.
I have hopes and dreams just like you. As a matter of fact…I am doing one of them right this very moment! I want to write. However, with all of my hopes and dreams come anxieties and fear and… ‘I cant’s!’
Maybe you have some ‘I can’ts’ too! I can’t because I am too old. I can’t because I am too young or too fat or too thin. I can’t because I am not bold enough or educated enough. Perhaps you have heard the I can’t because I don’t have enough money, energy or time.
Well, guess what you are 100% correct! You can’t, but God can! Furthermore, today He just may have chosen you to be his instrument of choice to deliver all those hopes and dreams.
The sooner we are willing to admit and accept the ‘I can’t’ statements, we can let go and let God show us He can!
I am OK that I told you nothing today and I can’t write this. I am glad God stepped in and did it instead. I challenge you today to do nothing because you can’t! Instead, let’s follow our verse today and do everything through Christ who strengthens us. Let’s remember WE can’t, but GOD can!
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