When You’re Asked to Do More Than You Can

There are moments when something is placed in front of you
that feels completely beyond your ability.

Not slightly uncomfortable.
Not a stretch.

But genuinely… too much.

And your first instinct is simple:
“I don’t have what this requires.”

Most of us assume that if something is meant for us,
we should already feel ready for it.

That the resources, clarity, and confidence should be there first.

But what if that expectation is part of the problem?

What if readiness isn’t the starting point?

There’s a moment in Scripture where a crowd needs to be fed—
and the resources on hand aren’t even close.

And yet, the instruction given is simple:

“You feed them.”

It doesn’t match the situation.
It doesn’t align with what’s available.

And that’s what makes it uncomfortable.

But maybe the point was never what they had.

Maybe the moment was meant to shift how they saw the situation altogether.

Sometimes you’re not being asked to do something because you’re ready.

You’re being invited into something that requires a different way of seeing.

Not what you lack—
but what might be possible beyond it.