You are stronger than you know

I'm tired. Tired of people thinking that they are unable to fix themselves. When people it may be just me but whenever I give out advice I'm not saying anything revolutionary. I simply state what is obvious to me and normally that is what what people need to hear. But ultimately what I say or do does not fix a person.

People have this sense of helplessness about them, and I don't understand how they can think this way. People think because they are a certain way, or they are in a bad position that they are helpless and there is nothing they can do to change what is happening. We control how we feel, we control our situations, we are anything but helpless, but for some reason we convince ourselves we are weak.

God has empowered us to be the agent of change in our own lives. I often find myself saying if it is important to you, you will do it. If you want to change you need to find that well of strength that is deep within you, that place that you are afraid to go because you can see your true potential and power. That place is scary because there you cannot hide behind your conceived weakness. You are stronger than you know, you just have to get out of your own way.

Now I know I am walking a thin line sounding like all you need to do is rely on yourself. However I want you to look a little deeper into the source of your strength. I'm not saying that you are the source of your strength, God is the source of your strength. He gave it to you, he enabled you to use this strength, you just have to choose to use it.

God has given human beings a scary power. He gave us the ability to change ourselves and make choices. But how often do we forget that we have this power. We are stronger than we can imagine but we choose to be weak because that is easier. Heroes don't have more strength than us they just use what God has given them to the fullest. YOU are a hero. YOU are strong. YOU can fix yourself. YOU just have to want to.

Change is not easy, but if we are to better ourselves we must cast our fear of the unknown and take a step of faith on that narrow path that is so hard to walk on. We must rely on Christ to pick us up when we stumble and continue to walk forward, away from our weakness and toward God's strength.