 Misunderstanding this verse can cause you to be very disappointed in God. When I was a little boy, even before I was a Christian, I didn't grow up in church, but I knew this particular verse and thought it was a pretty good verse, and I've heard it a ton of times ever since. And that is Philippians 4-13, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. The problem with this particular passage is misunderstanding this verse can cause you to be very disappointed in God. What do I mean? Well, sometimes we take this verse to mean the wrong thing. Well, what does it mean, Corey? Well, I'll tell you what it doesn't mean. It doesn't mean that you can bend still. It doesn't mean that you can go out and fly. It doesn't mean that you can actually call something that is not existing into existence. It doesn't mean that you can, at age 60, go out and win the 100-meter dash in the Olympics. It doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want to do as long as you're in Christ. No, that's not what it is. It's not something that gives you superhuman power or supernatural abilities to do things that you just aren't supposed to be doing. That's not what this passage is for. Notice Paul is talking about how he's gone through so many different things. Let's look at the passage and see if we can, in context, understand what Paul's point is. In chapter 4, verse 11 of Philippians, Paul says, So what is Paul's point here? Paul is saying, I've been up and I've been down. I've had the good and bad I've had, plenty I've had a little bit. I've been full and I've been hungry. Whatever it is that I'm going through, I'm strong enough through Christ. I have been strengthened through Christ that each of those things that I go through, I can, through Christ. The word that's used for all is the word ponta. It is a derivative of the word ponta, pas, which is all, each or every. So what Paul is saying is that each thing or everything or whatever it is that I'm going through, I'm able to go through it through the one who is strengthening me. I can endure it. That's Paul's point. I can endure the hardship. I can endure the good things as well as the bad. I can be up. I can be down. He says, I have learned to be content. And knowing this, I know that God is going to bring me through. And so whatever this situation is, I'm going to be able to make it. Paul is not saying this to say that I'm going to defeat whatever comes against me. Paul is saying that whatever is I'm going through, I'll be able to endure all these things. So don't take this passage to use it incorrectly because what ends up happening is if you think that this passage tells us that I can do it. I've got this obstacle that I need to get over. And I know the passage says that I can do all things. And so I'm going to be victorious in this endeavor. Well, if I'm not victorious in whatever it is that I'm going up against and I'm relying on this passage incorrectly, then I'm going to be disappointed in myself, in the Word, and ultimately with God because it's not working out. What am I doing wrong, God? What's happening? So the point of the passage is to get you to understand that it's not saying that you can be victorious in all things. It's that you can make it through, that you can endure all things. How? Through Christ, who has given you the strength to endure those things. Amen.