Are you using all your strength?

The story is told of a little guy valiantly but futilely trying to move a heavy log to clear a pathway to his favorite hideout. His dad stood nearby and finally asked him why he wasn't using all his strength. The little guy assured his dad that he was straining with all his might. His dad quietly told him he was not using all his strength, because,
"You have not asked me to help you." (Zig Zigler)

How many times to we assume an "I can do it myself" attitude about life? How many logs do we come across that we try to move by ourselves? And how many times do we just give up?

But you know, we don't need to do it all ourselves.
Philippians 4:13 - I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
Isaiah 40:29 - He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

God is always standing nearby, waiting for us to ask Him for help. He is always at the ready, poised to reach out and push that log out of the way. All we have to do is ask.
1 John 5:14 - This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Got a log in your life?
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:16,17)
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:8)