Living Life Well — Week 6

This core-value message on taking audacious leaps of faith works from 2 Kings 3 , where three kings, dying of thirst in the desert, seek out the prophet Elisha. The popular saying that God will never give you more than you can handle is rejected as unbiblical; God often allows what we cannot handle so our only option is to depend on him. Before any rain comes, God commands the armies to dig trenches, manual labor that makes no sense until it is done. The biblical principle drawn out is consistent from Genesis to Revelation: God's blessings often come through our obedience. The application presses into real deserts, marriage, finances, addiction, broken relationships, mental health, and faith itself, asking what trench God is calling you to dig so you are prepared to receive the water he is ready to send.