God’s Ability In You

Proverbs 28:26 TPT

I love this statement by Graham Cooke, he said “When our own thinking has the upper mind, we interpret everything with soulish logic. We look at our own resources and the scale of the problem in front of us, and we make a rational intelligent judgment of our chances of pulling it off. If the circumstances look too huge and awesome, we will not even attempt the matter. We will be like the ten spies who returned from spying in Canaan. We will give an ‘evil report’ of what the opposition is like and of our chances of victory. However, when we are moving in faith regarding God’s ability, we put a different complexion on things. Like Joshua and Caleb, we will give a report that is full of regard for the anointing of God, even at our own expense.”

God has an assignment for our lives. He has given us the ability to do all the things that we need to do to fulfill the plans that He has for us. The problem is when we look to our own ability rather than looking to Him to carry us, we can feel inadequate. There is not anything that you can’t do if you look to the Lord. You have the ability to be the spouse God created you to be. You have the ability to be the parent God created you to be. You have the ability to be the friend, employee, student, leader…. you fill in the blank. 

We must learn not to trust in our own abilities but on His ability not on our own faith but in His faithfulness to fulfill that which God has ordained for us. We may be faced with many opportunities to boast about our abilities and what we are capable of. But the right response would be to humbly admit our inadequacies and acknowledge the hand of God that’s at work in our lives.

I lean not on my own abilities

I trust God’s ability and faithfulness in me

Amen!