You are Not Able, but He Is

 Have you ever thought, "There is no way I can accomplish this", or "There is no way I can endure this"? Oh, but yes you can. Not in your own strength, but with God. He will make and show you the way. He is a loving Father who guides us through all that He requires and asks. And He will give you all that you need to accomplish the tasks and endure the sorrows He sets before you. You most certainly are not able, but He is more than enough.

 "The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the  strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available to us in Christ. We do not have the ability in ourselves to accomplish the least of God's tasks. This is the law of grace. When we recognize it is impossible for us to perform a duty in our own strength, we will discover the secret of its accomplishment." ~ John Owen

Puritan John Owen and his wife had 11 children, and 10 died in infancy. Can you imagine? I certainly cannot. But God grew him into a great servant of His. May we learn to trust our heavenly Father, like the greats of the faith have.

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”  ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9

  Know that “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” ~ Isaiah 40:29

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." ~ Romans 8:38-39