I Didn't Know I Had It In Me!

We stacked our four seventy-pound suitcases by the train tracks in Frankfurt, but our train pulled in 200 yards further up the track.(1) German trains are known for short stops in order to keep on schedule, so we knew we only had minutes to board.

My husband strapped a duffel on his back, grabbed two suitcases, and started running. I started after him with the remaining suitcase, but our two backpacks kept sliding off my shoulders, slowing me down.

When my husband boarded our assigned car, I hadn’t even reached the end of the train. Yet, somehow I got myself, a seventy pound suitcase, and two backpacks up the stairs on the last train car just as it pulled away.

I didn't know I had it in me!

Likewise, I don’t fully understand God's strength and I don't fully depend on it until I'm tested (2 Corinthians 1:8-9).

When God asks us to do something that seems impossible, we need to remember that we "can do everything through Christ, who gives [us] strength" (Philippians 4:13).
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(1) This was in 2004, and we had so much luggage because we were moving to Budapest to do Christian work.