God Will Definitely Do What You Can't - You Don’t Have to Struggle On Your Own

I love you friends, and that's why I'm writing this. I know many are struggling and I have to tell you that during my worst moments in life, (and I mean they were hard), I finally got it through my head, that I cannot do this on my own. It does wipe a person out, struggling so hard on your own. I didn't know I was so stubborn headed! When I finally stopped struggling, prayed about it, and asked God to help me and just trusted him with all my heart, and let go of trying so hard, God stepped in and was finally able to do something for me. That was the hardest thing in the world for me to learn, is to let go, and let God help.

I have seen God take the worst alcoholics in the world, and transform their lives and they never went back, or touched another drop of liquor! I saw that with my own eyes. It was just amazing, and he took the taste and desire for alcohol, completely away from them. That's how he can change lives, like he does with drug addicts or everything else. The guy who turned from alcohol, is now a minister, testifying to the saving power of Christ in his life and how Christ rescued him from his strong alcohol addiction. He never had the desire for another taste or drop of alcohol, from the minute he invited Jesus into his heart and life as Savior, to this day forth! That's the power of God! That was like 15 years ago. The guy's still preaching. Haha He used to be my pastor, until he relocated some time ago! That's something only God can do. It doesn't take our best efforts nor willpower. We don't have the kind of power God has. It takes faith and just trusting God that he will do what he says he will do, and I can vouch that he does exactly what he says he will do. I wouldn't have followed him all these 52 years, if he was a liar. The Bible says God is no liar. There is no sin IN him.

And I have to tell you. God worked another miracle in a 17-year-old teens life, who went down the basement to hang himself and God stopped him, because when he dropped along with the rope, it wouldn't hold him, and he come crashing down to the floor, and that's when he repented and gave his life to God, realizing that life really is a gift from God, and that God had a purpose for him in life, and I tell you, I have never heard such great preaching in all my life. He gave his life to Christ and preached for many years, to old age, in his 80's!! Best preaching I've ever heard in my life! I miss him so much, because he went home to be with the Lord a few years ago.

Since he knows all about us, he knows what areas need working on the most and how he can help us best. I'm not saying you have to do that, but I'm just telling you what really worked for me. The more I prayed and read my Bible, the more peace I had in my heart. That's a peace that only God can give. I learned that the hard way. The minute we keep our focus on Christ, and just love him like he loves us, all that anxiety and pain and everything, just feels like it melts away. Why? Because...

Isaiah 26:3 ... "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusts in thee."

It works! It has worked for me for 52 years! Yes, I get off track once in a while, but then I just ask God to forgive me and get right back on track and fellowship with him and lean on him. But God is not what people accuse him of being... just a "crutch". He's not a crutch. Far from it. We don't go to Christ because we're forced to. We go to Christ because of our great love for him and what he did for us on the cross. And what he did on the cross for us, no one else can do. There's no substitute for Jesus. So if you want a new life, he's the one to go to because he keeps his promises and I'm a witness to that. You just can't go wrong with trusting Jesus and many have found that out, with great joy. He's our comfort, joy, peace, and loving heavenly guide, so no... he's not a crutch...he's the remedy for what ever we need in our lives!

No, it's not going to be easy, because if it was easy, we'd never learn a thing from our mistakes, nor remember not to make them again! But I tell you, Jesus is so well worth following, and God has given me peace in my heart and mind. Yes he knows we'll mess up, but he loves us anyway. He is quick to forgive and wants to forgive us, and though I messed up, since, I rededicated my life to him and allowed him to help me. I just leaned on him and trusted him, and he came through just like he always does. That's what He does. He makes lives better, and transforms them by his Holy Spirit. And I said "God I just can't do this anymore. I just can't. You've got to help me" and when I gave over and surrendered my stubborn will and just put my trust and life in His hands, and allowed him to help me, everything changed. Problems or challenges are never there to hurt us. They are actually there to help make us aware that changes are needed if we are to have a happier life. They make a stronger and help us grow in faith. There

We just can't change under our own power. We just don't have that kind of power, but God does. Not going to happen. Ever. But God knows just what to do with our failures and mess-ups. Who better to trust, than a God who can see into our future? And if He can do that for somebody like me, he can and will surely, do that for anybody, including yourself.

I just let go, and prayed to God everyday, and still do, and got into my Bible to see what works, and am keeping my mind focused on him alone, and boy, I can't tell you the peace he has brought to my heart and mind because of that, and that's a hard thing to do, I know, a hard thing to do...to let go. But nothing else sure worked and nothing would ever, and that's when I let God step in and take over. And he didn't hurt me. He proved to me that he's only there to help me and he'll do that for anybody, if they're willing to give him a chance and trust him. He just will not let you down. I wouldn't be saying all this or wasting my breath, if he didn't do what he said he'll do. In fact, the 52 years I have been following Christ, (and yes, so many times I failed), I just picked myself back up and started again. God never turns anyone away, who wants to come to him.

It's just that sometimes I forget to let go and let God, and then that's when I get myself in trouble by making the wrong choices and I'm miserable, but other than that, he has never let me down in those 52 years he's been in my life as Savior. That's a fact. And he'll do that for anybody, if that's what they want. He's always waiting for us to come to him, so he can help us. He loves to help us, because he loves us!

I love you and you can believe I'm going to pray for all of you every single day and I believe God's going to transform your life by the Holy Spirit, just like He did for me. God doesn't rule with an iron hand, demanding, "You better change before I can accept you, and before you come to me!" No. Not at all. It's not like that. He already loves and accepts you....just as you are... and he just says "Come to Me, and I will help you and give you rest. You cannot transform your life, but I can...and I will!" That's a promise, and God never breaks a promise.

You'll never be sorry, if you turn to Jesus. He keeps his word, and he never abandons us, like two-faced people who will lie to us and leave us. I love you, friends. There's just no substitute for Christ. He can see exactly what we need in our lives. No guessing. And he gives us the exact formula and plan for a successful life, in his book, the Bible. Christ is the missing piece to the puzzle of life. He is the key to Salvation and a brand new life in him. No doubt about it. He will not let you down. I have been in the pits of what felt like hell and that was from striving and trying to do everything my way, but the minute I finally, in my stubbornness, looked in the one place I had never looked before, and that was up, to Jesus, and went to him in prayer, that's when he transformed my whole life FOR ME by the power of the Holy Spirit he gives us, when we invite him into our hearts and lives as Savior. We are definitely not smarter than our Creator God!

If God can help me, then he can help anyone. Someone may be struggling with alcohol or drugs or an addiction of some type and just maybe this will help even one. I hope it will help others, but even if just one person is helped, God will get the glory He deserves. Thank you for listening. I hope you enjoyed my testimony.