When I can’t figure out how God can possibly meet my need, get me through some difficulty or turn my circumstances around, I get discouraged, worried anxious or fearful. Or some dreadful combination of those negative emotions.

I have no problem believing God can do anything. He rules the universe that He created. There’s nothing He can’t do. Where my faith gets short-circuited is when I try to anticipate how God will work. I can start out believing God can and will work on my behalf, but when I can’t figure how He’ll do it, I conclude He can’t and won’t. In other words, if I can’t see a way, then God can’t either.

Obviously, that’s a ridiculous way to think, but I suspect it happens to most of us.

The solution is to remember that God has no limitations. He has no obstacles. There’s no situation He can’t handle. You cannot possibly anticipate all the ways God could meet your need or work in your situation.

The disciples didn’t know He could calm a storm, but He could and did.

They didn’t know He could produce bread and fish out of thin air, but He could and did.

The nation of Israel didn’t know He could make water flow from a rock, but He could and did.

Mary and Martha didn’t know He could raise their brother from the dead, but He could and did.

I didn’t know how God could meet a $700 deficit in our family budget this month, but He could and did. In ways I could not have anticipated.

What about you? What don’t you think God can do because you can’t figure it out?

Stop investing all that mental energy trying to play God’s part. Let God be God. You do what you know to do and continue to believe that He can even though you can’t see how.