More Than I Can Handle

​“God will never put more on you that you can handle.”
I believed this lie for 28 years of my life.
 
But do you know what? I believe that “more-than-I-can-handle” isexactly where God wants us to be.
In fact, I would say that if you’ve “Got this”, you probably haven’t stepped out into the bigger plan God has for your life.
 
As a fisherman, Peter was an expert at sailing the water.
IN a boat.
Not walking on it.
 
But Jesus called Him out on the water, and there was no way Peter could do it alone, without keeping His focus on Jesus.
 
 
I used to have a good handle on my life.
I could fulfill my wifely, motherhood and career roles without much need for Jesus, except for the occasional “Help-me-God-I’m-in-BIG-trouble” moments.
That was until I stepped out.
God called me out- to fulfill a dream He’d long-since prepared for me.
 
Now? I don’t “got this”.
Now I spend every day thinking,
I don’t know how to do this
I’ve never done this before
Is it possible?
…Then plowing into the throne room, desperate for Jesus.
His love, His wisdom, His help, His miracle-working ability.
 
Peter probably felt the same way-
I don’t know how to do this
I’ve never done this before
Is it possible?
And so He did the only thing He knew how- fixed His eyes on Jesus and continued towards Him.
 
A lot of people focus on the fact that Peter looked away and began sinking and the Lord had to reach down and save him.
“Oh Peter. Why didn’t you have more faith??”
 
But the truth is- Peter walked on water. ON water.
Have YOU ever walked on the water?
 
While you and I will more than likely never walk on literal water, we have the chance to “walk on water” by choosing that Big Dream God has for our lives.
 
That dream that seems
Too big,
Too scary,
Too impossible.
 
What water is God calling you out on?
Don’t fall into the lie that if it seems like “too much” then it must not be God.
 
For quite the opposite is true--
If it seems like too much for you to handle, then God is likely setting you up for a legendary walking-on-water-sized miracle.