I Can!

Matthew 20:30 "Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, 'Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!'"

 

 Last night my two year old son, Cody, was in bed quoting Philippians 4:13 to his Glow-in-the-Dark Dinosaurs.  Actually I think he was teaching them the scripture.  Softly in a childish voice saying "I ... can do ... all things ... through Christ ... who ... strengthens me ... Philippians ... 4 ... 13".  It seemed that once Cody was learning how to talk his response would be "I can't".

 

I have never like the words, "I can't".  Being a Youth Pastor for ten years I heard those words a lot from teenagers who would use that as an excuse for their laziness. Even still there are many people in the church that will pull those words as an excuse to not let go of their sins, their drugs, their addictions. Young strong men would say this only to have my wife come up and do what they said they couldn't, as they stood in a look of foolishness watching. Reality is you're right, "YOU CAN'T", but "I CAN" do ALL things THROUGH Christ who strengthens me.

 

So many times in life we like to use our weaknesses as an excuse for laziness and not accomplishing anything.  What you can't do in one area of weakness you may do in another area you are strong in producing the same final result.  You see the two men in Matthew 20 were blind, they couldn't SEE, but that didn't stop them! They used what they COULD they heard, used their ears, about Jesus coming near by.  Then they started shouting, using their voice, to get Jesus attention.  The final result was even when people were telling them to be quiet, that they CAN'T do that, the two blind men realized they CAN do all things THROUGH Christ and in the end THROUGH Christ they received their sight!

 

Don't make excuses of saying you can't do something because of an area of weakness.  Truth is God has given you many strengths and once you start using those, then THROUGH Christ he will give you the strength in the other areas.

So in the face of difficulty don't make an excuse of saying, "I can't!" Shout it out, "I CAN!"