I read a story about a farmer and his son who were working together in the field. The father instructed the boy to go around and pick up all the large stones he could find and throw them into a ditch nearby so they would not interfere with plowing. The son work diligently for many hours but was not quite able to complete the assignment.  Finally he called out, “Dad, there’s one rock here I can’t move even though I’ve tried my hardest.” “No, Son,” replied the father, “you haven’t tried your hardest until you’ve called for me to help you. I can give you the strength you need.” The father came alongside the boy and added his strength. Together, they moved the stubborn rock with ease.

The Scripture tells us about an assignment God had given to a man named Abraham.  What God called upon Abraham to do was something that was impossible for him, if tried under his own power. God commanded him to “walk before Me and be blameless.” The word blameless (Heb. tamym) carries the sense of being complete, whole or mature. It implies a level of integrity that is rarely found among men. In the natural, this would have been impossible for Abraham, except for one condition: the One who called him to live this way was God.

Interestingly enough, those who follow Christ find the same admonition in the New Testament.  Many people have tried to live this Christian life in their own power, and they all have failed. Some have come to believe that it’s impossible to achieve such maturity in a sinful world. And, apart from the God’s help, it is. But God said, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” (Jer. 32:27).

What we need to understand is that God will empower us to accomplish what He has called us to do.  We must put ourselves in His hands and allow the power of His Spirit to work through us. Only He is able to present us faultless before the throne. In His power our life can be complete and our walk can be blameless.

There is no rock in our life too big to be moved when we cooperate with what God is trying to do in and through us.

Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.”