"The 'I CaN'T' Club"

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. God Gives Us Strength

For thousands of years a popular club has been offering memberships throughout the world. It’s a prolific (Large with many members) club.

It’s the “I CAN’T” club.

Under the bylaws, club members are required to make “I can’t statement with conviction: “I can’t forgive again!”, “I can’t help but hate him/her for what they’ve done to me”, I can’t quit this sin”. Because of the fervor/intensity of these statements, it keeps us in bondage. It sounds as if each “I CAN’T” statement is an unchangeable universal law.

But we’re all subject to one law of science, the law of gravity-the force that pulls every object to the center of the earth. In a similar way, members of the “I CAN’T club are prisoners to the downward pull of defeat. They’re not only ground-bound, but sin-
bound.

Do you feel bound to a specific sin? Does quitting the “I CAN’T club seem impossible? Our heavenly Father refuses to let “can’t”
be the universal password of his children. It is at our salvation we receive the Spirit of God, which allows us to have the strength of God.

He made it possible for us to overcome any sin. How? By replacing one law with another:

Romans 8:2 The law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

So, let’s think about the law of gravity again. Can you imagine a 190-ton mass of metal rising against gravity’s pull? Impossible? It can’t be done! Oh, yes it can…by using a “higher law”. When we, in faith, give, ourselves over to the principle of aerodynamics, we can enter an airplane with full confidence that it will fly us from one city to another. We’re no longer ground bound.

Similarly, when we, in faith, give ourselves over to the Spirit’s control, the “I CAN’T” statements will no longer bind us. When God fills our spirit with his Spirit and infuses us with his strength, we are no longer captive to any temptation. Every “can’t” become a “CAN”.