I Just Can't.

You know what it's like to know the truth but not always apply the truth. You know what it's like to feel overwhelmed, discouraged, and tired. You know what it's like when those three words, the words you promised yourself you wouldn't utter,  run through your brain. "I. Just. Can't."

I can't walk this road.

I can't stand up.

I can't love.

I can't control my emotions.

I can't do what God has called me to do.

I just can't.

Then you park yourself in those words. They lay like a heavy blanket over your shoulders.

The words, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," come to mind. You know that verse well. You like to quote it to others when they are struggling. You quote the verse to yourself, however, you put the emphasis on the "I" versus the "through Christ." The burden weighs heavy again. It becomes the mantra you believe "I can do. I can do. I can do." Yet, you know you can't.

You can't do anything in your own strength for too long without buckling under your own weakness. There is no way you "can do" it all apart from Christ. Where you need to park yourself is in Christ. You should rest in the truth of Philippians 4:13. You can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens you.

The Amplified Version says it like this: "I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who [a]infuses inner strength into me; I am [b]self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]." Phil. 4:13 (with emphasis).

When you understand, truly understand, you are IN CHRIST, IN HIS POWER, IN HIS LOVE, IN HIS GOODNESS, IN HIS STRENGTH then it's okay to say, "I can't... BUT I don't stand in my own strength. I stand in CHRIST."

What a revelation! You are in Christ's strength. He is infusing you with strength to be "ready for anything and equal to anything through Him." It's not longer about what you can do but what He will do in you. It's no longer about your strength but His.

2 Corinthians 12:9 "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."





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