By Andrea Merrell
I can do all
things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13
NKJV
I can’t count the number of times I’ve said those words—or at
least thought them. Watching others do things I wished I could do while
convincing myself I couldn’t.
Remember the story of The Little Engine That Could. What if his mindset and confession had been, “I don’t think I can … I
don’t think I can …”
He would still be sitting at the bottom of the hill.
We spend so much thinking we can’t that when God asks us to do
something, we procrastinate or panic. We focus on our weaknesses and
limitations rather than believing we can do all things through Christ who
strengthens and empowers us to do what He calls us to do.
The Word for You Today (TWFYT)
says, “Believing you can doesn’t guarantee you will, but believing you can’t
guarantees you won’t.”
I think about all the times in my life when my response was an
immediate, “I can’t.” All the times I’ve limited myself because I was depending
on myself instead of Him.
TWFYT goes on to say, “If you want to achieve something, give
yourself permission to believe it is possible, then trust God for success."
God has much for you to do, so don’t limit yourself. Be like
that little engine and say, “I think I can … I believe I can … I know I
can—because through Christ I can do all things.
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