Everyone at one point asks themselves this one question: Am I capable of doing this? It seems like a simple question, but the answer isn't. A person about to become a parent wants to know if they can actually raise another human being. A business owner wonders if they can keep it going. Sometimes the answer comes out no and there is failure. This isn't about failure though, that's for another time.
If you don't ask this question, then you don't take what your doing seriously or feel the brevity of the situation. Some people let the question itself stop them from moving forward. They feel their incapable and won't move forward.
In the Bible, every godly leader didn't feel capable at some point. One of them was Gideon. He felt that his status in life would keep him from being anything great. He saw himself as incapable. God saw things differently. Out of all of the people in the land, He chose the one who no one would have chosen and saw themselves as almost worthless. The question we all try to answer is why? My answer is God can only use a broken vessel. He will only use someone that He can fix and get the glory out of. If God had used the greatest in the land, then everyone would have thought it was that persons ability or status and they would have gotten the credit.
God told Gideon that together they would take out the enemy as one man. Through a series of events, God showed him that He meant what He said. Gideon became one of the greatest judges for Israel.
If you feel incapable, your in great company. If you feel that your not able to do things on your on, good, remember that. God told Paul, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." Paul's response, "Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak , then am I strong." 2 Cor 12:9-10
If you think your capable of doing everything on your own, beware, failure is on it's way. 1 Cor 10:12
