“I cannot, but God can!”

 

 

“I cannot, but God can!”

This mindset is very important.

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, said to Joseph,

“I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.

But I heard that you are good at interpreting dreams.”

Joseph replied,

“I cannot, but God will tell you the meaning of the dream.”

(Genesis 41:15-16).

As I meditate on these words,

I am reminded of Joseph's response when the cupbearer and the baker of the king,

each having had a different dream on the same night, said,

"We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them."

Joseph's reply was, "Do not interpretations belong to God?" (40:8)

Reflecting on these words together,

we can see that Joseph had a firm belief

that while he himself could not interpret the dreams, God certainly could.

We receive a lesson that we should live our faith

with the attitude of faith like Joseph's, saying, "I cannot, but God can!"

If we still have thoughts like "I can do it" or "I think I can handle it"

and are trying to solve our problems

and move forward relying on our own strength and abilities,

then we need to realize that we are not yet fully relying on God alone.