ALL things??

"I can do ALL things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Phil. 4:13) This verse really struck me today. Do I live my life with this kind of mindset? So many times I find myself giving up or not believing that something is going to happen, but in all reality, this verse is true - I can do ANYTHING the Lord wants me to do IF and only if I am doing it in and through the power of Christ. I tend to look at circumstances or things in my life that I wanted to get done and ask myself "why didn't that get done? Philippians 4:13 says I can do all things through Christ! How come I couldn't do this particular thing?" When those times come, I have to remember the conditions of this promise: 1.) This is what God wants me to do, and 2.) I am doing it in Christ's strength and not mine. Many times I can look back on things that I couldn't accomplish, and if I was honest with myself, I would say that I was not depending on Christ's strength to get them done. I thought I could do them in my own strength without God's help, but I was sadly mistaken! I want this to be a challenge to all of you - whose strength are you relying on today, yours or Christ's?

~ Stephanie ~

   *Phil. 3:13-14*