I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

I read a story about a 19 year old girl who lifted a burning vehicle off her father.

It was the craziest story. Her father was working on his GMC truck when the truck slipped off the jack and pinned him to the ground. As the truck fell, gasoline spilled and a fire was ignited. Along comes 19 year old Charlotte who, by the way was not a body builder, lifted the truck just enough so that her father to could get out. She then got into the burning truck and drove it out of the garage away from the house - saving not only her father but her family inside.

Sounds like a scene from a movie, but newspaper articles don’t lie ;)

The point is, in the face of crisis we can do some extraordinary things. In the face of crisis what we thought we could never do, we somehow do, because we have to.

We are capable of making change when we have to.

We have been talking over the past several weeks about change. In our current sermon series, 2020 Vision: You in Five Years we are talking about the choices, decisions and changes we want to make in our lives so that five years from now we can look back and say, “Yes! Well done!”

The words “choices” and “changes” are daunting, but if we don’t like what we are getting or where we are going, with God’s help we can change.

And God says,

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

If God is our strength…

If God is the source of our power to change…

How do we find that strength and power?

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7

…Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33