No you can’t!
This phrase is the main lie being pushed forth by the multimillion-dollar
self-help/motivational speaking industry.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Every successful person today,
Believer or not, had divine assistance in getting to the top. Whether they
acknowledge (or are even aware of) this fact is another matter.
The bestselling author, Malcolm Gladwell, in his well-researched book Outliers
went through great lengths to show, using case study after case study, that it
takes much more than plain hard work and talent to be a billionaire, a musical
superstar, or a sports sensation. He
points out that, ultimately, the successes of the persons we celebrate today were based on
factors that were beyond their control.
Man was never created to be successful independent of God. While the
world out there shouts itself hoarse that “YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS”, Jesus
unequivocally proclaims that “without me you can do NOTHING.” (John
15:5).
The apostle Paul once attested, “Not that we are sufficient of
ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; BUT OUR SUFFICIENCY IS OF GOD;” (2Co
3:5).
When we quote the verse that says, “I can do all things” (Php 4:13) we
ought to Complete The Sentence by adding that it’s “through Christ who
strengthens me.”
That’s the more important aspect of the text that is omitted in a lot of
speeches, seminars and even sermons nowadays.
When we stress that last part, then our messages will become more than
feel-good sound bites; but life-giving, destiny-transforming words of power.
He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases
strength. Even the youths shall faint
and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the
LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
– Isa 40:29-31.
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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