Saturday, December 24, 2016

WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T?

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13

You can do anything. That's what Kent cullers' parent told him as he was growing up. That's what many parent tell their children. But cullers was born blind. Even so, if a child heard the phrase, you can do anything, often enough, it sinks in. It bears fruit. And it certainly did in cullers' case.
     As a young boy he insisted on climbing trees and riding a bicycle. This father arranged a job transfer to California so the boy could attend a regular school, and Cullers became a straight-A student. He was valedictorian of his high-schools class and a National merit scholar. He went on to earn a Ph.D. Physics
     Cullers' first love HSS always been space, so it seems fitting that he found himself employed at NASA. As s researcher, one his jobs was to design equipment to help scientists search for sign of intelligent communication in outer space
     How does a blind man see what others can't? He uses his "mind's eye." He also uses his other senses perhaps a little better than most people. Above all, he continues to tell himself what his parent taught him early in life,: you can do anything.
     The apostle Paul would have added a key phrase to Culler's parental advice. Through Christ who gives me strength. The source of all our ability, energy, and creativity is the Lord himself. It is He who challenged us to go forward and equips us to get the task done. It is the Lord working  through us to empower us, and working on our behalf to enrich us.
      At the same time, the Lord expects us to do two things:
first, to open ourselves to His presence and power; and
Second: to get I gear. He calks to believe and do.
      What are you believing today? What are you doing? Activate both your believing and doing, synchronized both with the will of God, and you can't help but be launched to higher and better position.

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