Spiritual Capacity
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18 (NKJV)

There are times when you find yourself caught in the space between “almost” and “not yet.” It’s a frustrating place to be. Whether it’s hours, days, months, or years, those trying moments of waiting and feeling stuck can pull on you.

But I’m here to remind you that God has made you strong enough to endure It. He’s made you capable enough to handle it. He’s made you spiritual enough to grow from it. Psalm 30:5 says, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” You’re not made just for the weeping and the joy; you are made for the space in the middle too.

We have, in Jesus Christ, the capacity to endure anything. You have much more endurance than you could ever know. You are made strong enough, tough enough, resilient enough, and—with Christ—spiritual enough to handle those in-between times.

You have spiritual capacities in you that have been growing and maturing that are not revealed until the time they are most needed. You don’t know what you’re capable of until you have to stand in front of the giant, or speak in front of the Pharaoh, or step out onto the waves, or release your arrow, or stretch out your rod, or patiently wait for the floodwaters to recede.

He makes you deal with delay and setback and disappointment and failed deadlines and people’s broken promises…and then He shows you that you’re still living, still thriving, still progressing, still producing. And it’s all evidence that your endurance has been very much a part of God’s work in your life.

God makes you able to handle whatever you have to handle when it’s your time to handle it. He gives you the spiritual capacity to make it through.