I refuse to live in a world of I cant’s. This world is completely full of people and
organizations and company’s telling us we cannot do this or that. There
are people who believe that the Bible is full of ‘shall not’ and ‘cannot do
this’. But actually the Bible is where
we should be getting the courage and strength every single day to say I CAN and
I WILL. Take a look at the famous John 14 chapter.
The word ‘will’ shows up 26 times (New Revised Standard
Version) and seven of those are Jesus saying, “I will”. The very first verse in chapter 14 does,
actually, give us a directive to not do something: “Do NOT let your hearts be troubled.” In The Message version of the Bible is simply
says, “Don’t let this throw you.”
Tonight I had to stop, rather abruptly, the rapidly rising
river of I cannot. I had to say to my
heart and to my spirit and, of course, my brain, “don’t let this throw you”. All of my current troubles should only force
me to do one thing: pray.
When praying through
the flood of “can not’s”, we must thank God for all that He has done to lead us
to this place. All those past times when
we cried out about how we cannot possibly get through this ordeal or that one;
He has come through in His promise to sustain us. Then we ask God to hold us
through this particular time of turmoil and to show us what He would have us to
do. We thank Him, in advance, for the miraculous
ways in which he is already seeing us through this ordeal.
When we face a trial in our life we absolutely must, without
reservation and without lack of faith, get on our knees and pray to God. Forgive us our sins, cleanse us from all wrong,
help us to see the error of our ways, and bring us through this fire. He WILL be faithful to all who call Him
Lord.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not
be afraid.”…John 14:27
"Whether you say you can, or you think you can't...you're right"...Henry Ford
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