HIMPower Magazine April Issue | Page 24

PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT Stay in Your Lane by DiAnne Malone I ’ve said it numerous times. I say it, espe- cially, when I don’t want to fulfill the request of the person asking me to do something. It occurred to me that the “stay in your lane,” excuse is a little bit of a fallacy for believers. Really, it kinda sorta goes against God’s teaching about our abilities and capabilities as it applies to his power to do 24  HimPower April 2017 exceedingly and above whatever we could ask or think. Let me break it down like this. We all, at some point in our walk, have run into some things we just can’t (or perhaps, won’t, is a better word) do. You know for sure what you’ve never done; however, it doesn’t mean you can’t do it. You know there are some things that you’d rather not do, but