God Can Do What We Can't

[Sue J Love]

“For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast before God. But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, ‘Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.’” (1 Corinthians 1:26-31 NASB1995)

Now, I am going to share with you a little bit of my own testimony here, not because I think highly of myself, for I am well aware of where I was when God delivered me out of some darkness and he eventually called me to this ministry. So there is no pride in what I am about to share. But I want to give you a personal example so you know how to apply the message here to your own lives today, just in case you don’t already know what this means and how to apply it to your life. So I will just give you some personal examples.

I was a slow learner with a reading comprehension difficulty. Although I was in 3rd grade, they decided to put me back to 2nd grade because I was not ready for 3rd grade. So I passed 2nd grade twice, but they never solved my reading comprehension difficulty or helped me to not be a slow learner. But I did okay then in grammar, spelling, and general math, and music. But I was horrible at anything that involved reading comprehension, or speed, or advanced math. So I graduated high school with a 1.4 GPA (D average).

We were a poor family, my mother, my father, my 4 siblings and me. And I was abused by my father. I did not have much self-confidence at all, except maybe in the few things I was any good at. So I was not particularly outgoing, and I definitely was not popular, although I did have a few friends. I was fairly quiet and I was a fearful child. I did okay singing in front of people, though, for I loved to sing. But I did horrible in reading, and I was a slow learner, so I didn’t put forth much effort to try to learn some things.

Now, I was a student of the Scriptures from early on in my life, but I had a difficult time understanding them, too, until I got a NASB Bible in place of the KJV Bible, and then I began understanding much more. But when it came to world history or politics or anything going on in the world, I didn’t even try to understand it all. I just believed what our government said and what the news media said, and I voted a straight party ticket not really knowing at all what I was voting for. So I was ignorant about a lot!

Now I did have some paying jobs, and I did well in them as long as they did not require speed, and as long as what I had to learn was not too complicated, for I was a dedicated worker who gave the best I had to whatever job I had. So, I wasn’t stupid. I was just a slow learner who had a reading comprehension problem, which a class in college helped me to overcome to some degree. I went from reading on a 4th grade level to reading on a 7th grade level, so that did help me when I got paying jobs.

But Then The Lord Called

But then the Lord called me to write down whatever I was learning from him during my quiet times with him in his word and to post these writings on the internet. I had never done anything like that before, so I had to learn, so I had to read and to comprehend what I was reading. And then the Lord led me to study about my country’s history, and he had me read articles about science, government, history, and all sorts of subjects I would never have read before. And I began learning so many things I never had a clue about before, for the Lord was helping me to understand what I was reading.

And then he called me to songwriting. I had never done that before, although I had majored in music in college, and had written very few simple tunes for a class assignment. And I had a ton of stuff I had to learn about songwriting and about how to share the songs, and it was a long tedious process, but the Lord helped me to do it. And then he had me begin writing poems (no music). I had written a few poems in my past life, more for myself and not for public consumption. But they were not anything like the ones he has me write, and never as many, and so this was another step.

And then he had me start making video talks, and public speaking is not my gift, but he gave me the courage and the strength to do it, and so I did. And then he had me start writing Christian memes, and I had to learn how to do that. And he had me write a couple of short books sharing my testimony, and I had not done anything like that before, either. None of this was in my comfort zone or what I would have ever considered to be my “gifted” areas. I felt ill equipped for most of it, but I obeyed the Lord, and I did what he said, and he provided me with what I needed to accomplish his purposes.

But that does not make me a professional at anything, in the eyes of the world. I am not some well-known popular person. But God still uses me. For he does not look on the outward appearance, but he looks at what is stored up in the heart. He did not call me because I was great, for I wasn’t! He called me because he was great and he knew what He could do through me for his glory if I would let him do it, which I did and am still doing. And that is what this Scripture is talking about. So, obey God, and let him use you, even if you stutter or you are slow or whatever. For God can work miracles.

Not by Might

Based off Zechariah 4
An Original Work / March 29, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Not by might, and not by power,
But by My Spirit,” says our Lord, God.
“Mighty mountain, O what are you?
Before Christ you will become level ground.”
The hands of our Lord, Savior God,
Formed the foundation of His church.
He alone will complete the work
He began in His servants’ hearts and minds.

Who despises small beginnings?
Much can be done in Christ’s strength within.
Be of courage, and trust your Lord.
All sufficient He is for all your needs.
Opposition and apathy:
Holy Spirit will set us free!
We can be overcomers in our faith
In our Lord, and our Savior, King.

Don’t be troubled by God’s timing.
He has ev’rything in His command.
Hasten to obey His commands fully,
Trusting Him to work all for good.
Not by might nor by human strength,
But by God’s power; strength within;
My dependency now on His working
His will in me in righteousness.

God Can Do What We Can’t
An Original Work / April 17, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love