Strong Enough

Strong Enough by Matthew West
You must
You must think I'm strong
To give me what I'm going through
Well, forgive me
Forgive me if I'm wrong
But this looks like more than I can do
On my own

I know I'm not strong enough to be everything that I'm supposed to be
I give up I'm not stong enough
Hands of mercy won't you cover me Lord right now I'm asking you to be
Strong enough Strong enough
For the both of us

Well, maybe
Maybe that's the point
To reach the point of giving up
Cause when I'm finally
Finally at rock bottom
Well, that's when I start looking up
And reaching out

I know I'm not strong enough to be Everything that I'm supposed to be I give up
I'm not strong enough Hands of mercy won't you cover me
Lord right now I'm asking you to be
Strong enough Strong enough

Cause I'm broken Down to nothing
But I'm still holding on to the one thing You are God and you are strong
When I am weak

I can do all things Through Christ who gives me strength
And I don't have to be Strong enough Strong enough



Last night, I was blessed to go to a concert feature Lainey Wright, Jonny Diaz, and Matthew West. All three are amazingly blessed and talented songwriters, and great singers to boot! Over the last month+ I have been wrestling with a lot of things personally, and this song has been my prayer, because I know I can't live life on my own. Yet, I tried. I tried my best, and one morning a few weeks ago, I shared all of my concerns and struggles with my wife, Heather. We both cried, and of course she had to ask the obligatory question, "Why didn't you share this with me?". My response? "I thought I was strong enough to handle it". The next time I heard this song, I was convicted. Did realizing that God is in control of it all change the things I was dealing with? Nope. Everything's still the same, however my perspective and attitude changed.

I think that's where we fail. We think we're strong enough on our own. We try, fail miserably, and destroy lots in trying to do it. But when we realize we're NOT strong enough, and give it over to God, our attitude changes. I can do it on my own, becomes, "I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who gives me strength." There's freedom and power in that! When we think we're not strong enough, God reminds us through His Word, through others around us, that God is there for us, giving us the strength and whatever we need to do it.

Just a reminder for all of you thinking you're not strong enough. You're not.....when you try to do it on your own. But praise be to God for giving us the strength to do what we need to do!