Is it too hard?

A year or so ago I was at church listening to a sermon.  I hate to say this but I was kind of nodding off to sleep in the middle of the sermon.  Until something he said woke me up and grabbed my attention.

He said "God will ask you to do something that is too hard for you."  The whole congregation fell silent.  You could have heard a pin drop it was so quiet.  I'm sure I was thinking what everybody else was thinking 'You're a pastor.  You're not supposed to say that.  That's so discouraging.'  We made judgment before he finished his thought.  He continued with "But he will never ask you to do something that he can't do."  For the rest of the service I sat and contemplated what this meant.

At first I didn't understand this.  Why would God give me something that is too hard for me to do?  That would mean that I would fail and disappoint him.  Why would he do something like that?  Then I realized something.  He will ask me to do things that are too hard for me.  But only so I can rely on Him for his strength to accomplish it.  2 Corinthians 12:9 says this "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."  It's comforting to know that no matter how weak I am, God is always stronger than my weaknesses.