"I CAN Do It!!"

I wonder if I could count the endless ocean full of times I have spoken these words....

"I CAN DO IT!!"

Yep, I CAN DO IT alright......but it's usually not done right when it's done within my own strength, power and abilities.

Little Titus wanted desperately to shoot the bb gun just like his big brother. He just KNEW that he could! But had we of let the little rascal do it on his own, someone would have gotten their eye shot out! With just a bit of instruction from Poppa, Easton "got it" and was able to shoot his little gun. But Titus, that's another story!

How often we stand up, shoulders flared back, eyes wide open, mouth aghast as we insist that I CAN DO IT! I am problably the number one worst person in the world who has tried this over and over, doing things on my own, and it's a failure each and every time. I have finally learned some hard lessons, but continue to have to learn them daily. I'll be honest....I don't want to learn them cause that would mean that I have to turn EVERYTHING within myself over to the Eternal One, Jesus. Then, that means that I don't have control anymore AND I JUST DON"T LIKE THAT!!!

But.......

I was never meant to have control over my life anymore than Titus was meant to have control of a bb gun at 2 years of age. It doesn't make good sense. I would even go so far as to say.....IT'S STUPID!

And so it is, I continue to learn through God's leading, that I CAN'T do it! I need Him every hour, every minute, every second.

God, help me to let THIS be the year that I STOP saying...."I CAN DO IT" because I know deep in my selfish prideful heart, that I cannot.