Don’t Limit Yourself

 

By Andrea Merrell

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13 NKJV

 

“I can’t do it. It’s impossible!”

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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