One of the reasons many people do not enjoy life, miss out on some of the blessings God wants to give them, or feel badly about themselves is that they do not finish what they start. They never taste the joy of a goal accomplished or a desire fulfilled because they do not press past the challenges that arise. Most of us would not want to say, “I am a quitter,” so we make excuses or we blame the failure on someone or something.
Every single one of us has an “excuse bag.” It’s a little invisible accessory we carry around with us all the time. Then, when something that seems difficult arises, challenging us or giving us more than we want to deal with, we pull out an excuse, such as:
• “That is just too hard.”
• “I don’t have enough time.”
• “I hadn’t planned on this today.”
• “I can’t see how that would ever work.”
• “I just don’t feel like it.”
• “I have too many personal problems and too much going on in my life right now.”
• “I don’t know how to do that.”
• “I have never done this. I don’t even know anybody who’s ever done this.”
• “I don’t have anyone to help me.”
• “I’m afraid.”
I urge you today to throw away your excuse bag! Go get a “can-do bag” and fill it with biblical, faith filled reasons you can do what you need to do. Stop making excuses and start doing what God is telling you to do. Stop looking at all your weaknesses because His strength is made perfect in our weakness. It is through our weakness and inability that God shows His strength. God actually chooses people on purpose who absolutely cannot do what He is asking them to do unless they allow Him to do it through them. You don’t need ability; you need availability and a “can-do” attitude.
Think about It
What excuse do you use most? Will you determine today that you will stop making excuses and start believing God gives you strength to do what you need to do?
