When You Can’t, God Can

Written by Brooke Espinoza

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“…but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26b)

When we are going through a trial it’s hard to imagine how things will get better. God wants us to depend on Him in every trial we face. When we can’t, God can. God loves us as dearly and He is willing and able to turn our situation around if we will depend on Him, trust in Him, and wait on Him.

Pharaoh had a disturbing dream foreshadowing the seven years of famine that would come upon Egypt.  He told Joseph,“I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”(Gen. 41:15) Joseph was the king’s last hope. The pressure on Joseph to interpret the king’s dream must have been intense.

Instead of making something up to humor the king, like other wise men did in hopes of saving their neck, Joseph openly admitted to Pharaoh, “I cannot do it.” This was not the answer Pharaoh wanted to hear.  However, Joseph goes on to say“but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.” (Gen. 41:16)

“But God” — I bet those two words were music to Pharaoh’s ears. Joseph couldn’t give Pharaoh the answers he sought, but God would. Not only did God give Pharaoh the interpretation to his dream, He used Joseph mightily to prepare for the famine and exercise his gift of administration.

What are you facing today that only God can turn around? No matter what you are facing, no matter what your need—rest assured, when you can’t, God can. Apart from Jesus we can do nothing (John 15:5), but with God all things are possible (Matt. 19:26).

God thank you that no matter how discouraging my circumstances may be, I can have hope because You can turn it all around and make a way when there was no way. Help me Lord to do my part to trust you and wait on your deliverance. Amen.

Question: When you need help, which Bible verses do you turn to for wisdom and assurance?

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But God...

I know not, but God knows;

Oh, blessed rest from fear!
All my unfolding days
To Him are plain and clear.
Each anxious, puzzled "Why?"
From doubt or dread that grows,
Finds answer in this thought:
I know not but He knows.

I cannot, but God can;
Oh, balm for all my care!
The burden that I drop
His hand will lift and bear.
Though eagle pinions tire,
I walk where once I ran—
This is my strength to know,
I cannot, but God can.

I see not, but God sees;
Oh, all-sufficient light!
My dark and hidden way
To Him is always bright.
My strained and peering eyes
May close in restful ease,
And I in peace may sleep;
I see not, but He sees.

—Annie Johnson Flint

http://www.mwtb.org/site/moments-for-you/back-issues/third-quarter-2000/but-god.html

But God Knows the Way

"Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him: On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him: He hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him. But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold" (Job 23:8-10).

We are finite. God is infinite. We do not know what a day will bring forth. He knows the end from the beginning. There are times when, like Job, we seek earnestly to know the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do, only to discover "that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps" (Jeremiah 10:23).

But God knows the way that the child of God takes. It may be dark, but nothing is hidden to Him. It may be difficult, but He is never dismayed. It may be long, but He never grows weary. It may be lonely, but there is always the loveliness of His presence. But God knows, so we walk onward by faith in life's pathway with the assurance that it leads to glory, and the city of God.

—V. Raymond Edman

http://www.mwtb.org/site/moments-for-you/back-issues/third-quarter-2000/but-god-knows-the-way.html