Do you have what it takes?

Recently I was stuck in the middle of a personal struggle and as I bartered back and forth on the brink of falling the thought came to me - "do you have what it takes?" I wondered who was asking the question. I also wondered what the answer was. Do I have what it takes? Do you have what it takes? Do any of us have what it takes? Of course the real question is, do you have what it takes to get to heaven? To run the good race? I began to ponder this very question. Of all the mistakes that I've made, can I get to heaven? I pondered and I pondered and I pondered even more until my "ponderer" was sore. Then I did what most Christians do LAST (shame on us) and I opened my bible. And there it was of course, right there in front of me in black and white and sometimes red letters. The words that I needed to hear to get me through this struggle that I was in. It goes something like this - "...being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience" Colossians 1:11. Well, that was easy.

You see, if we are truly saved, then we have within us the ability to endure all things with the help of Christ who is in us. God gives us the strength, endurance and patience that he knows we need to overcome ANY obstacle in our lives. Did you know that the word strength is used some 2,320 times in the bible? Our God is pretty strong, and his strength ought to be important to us.


If you are struggling with something right now then I challenge you to do two things: Pray about it - and read your bible. If you do these two things you can and will survive the struggle, just as I did.

Next time you feel weak, remember, "For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. "1 Corinthians 1:25