Oh, yes...God is full of surprises! In fact, God seems to specialize in surprises, but especially the impossible. Many times we expect Him to do one thing, and He does another. We anticipate His movement in one direction, but often it is in another.
Sometimes we trust Him to handle something immediately, and He waits and it seems to take forever. Then other times we anticipate waiting for a long time, and almost overnight He has solved what appeared to be the impossible. God loves to do the things that we have absolutely no power to do, and that's the way He has planned our lives. His solutions are better than what we could ever devise. And it is often more impossible than we would ever believe.
What we might call "impossible", God sees as no problem at all (Matthew 19:26), "With men this [insert your worst problem here] is impossible, but with God all things are possible"(Luke 1:37), "For nothing will be impossible with God." "Nothing," not even the most overwhelming obstacle, will be impossible to overcome with God.
We're all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as "impossible situations." Many times, believers are convinced that there is no way even God could intervene in their life, and therefore, they miss out on some of God's best work. God prefers to work in that situation that you deem "impossible." When we throw up our hands and say, "There is no way," God loves to prove Himself God.
Where things look impossible is where God works, dear friends. Some of you may be looking at your body and thinking about the pain, or the physical problem that you have, or some member of your family has, and as you look at the situation all of your senses say “it’s impossible.” I am here to tell you, "That which is impossible with man is possible with God, and for those who believe in Him."
What seems to be impossible to most people is just right for a man, or woman of faith who knows how to believe God. They know how to take their faith, and make the circumstance bend and flip over and change around. Storms may come, but they know how to take their faith and make the outcome different. God moves to transcend circumstances and situations for those who believe in victory over the impossible.
This is not for those who look at things and say, “Well, I don’t see any way out of it,” or who look at someone who is sick and say, “I don’t know whether he can get healed,” or look at those who are bound up with fear and frustration and worry and say, “I don’t see any way out of it.” Those are not the ones God moves for. The one that God moves for is the man or woman who looks at a situation and their eyes, ears, feelings, nose, mouth, and all their senses say “impossible.”
Everything in the natural says “it can’t be done,” but that man, or woman will look at that naturally impossible situation and say, “I believe God.” This is where they begin to transcend the circumstance and the situation. If you are looking at some problem, or difficulty today that looks impossible; I want to tell you that’s exactly where God can move.
As long as you're not in a circumstance, or situation that seems impossible to you God can’t move, because He only moves where you can’t. God only moves outside of your range of abilities and outside of your power and what you can do.
So as you come into a place, or a situation where you can’t, and it’s beyond everything in you, that’s where you must boldly stand and say, “God, I can’t, but I believe You can. God, I've been trying to work this thing out, and do this for weeks, months, or years, and I’ll just tell You, I've come to find out that it’s too big a load, so I want to get into the place where You can do it.” Those who speak like this are the kind of people that get miracles from God!
Sure, it's easy to trust God when things are going okay, or even when they're a little difficult. After all, we can see what the outcome is going to be. Everything is following a logical path. But, how about those times when you get knocked around a bit? When nothing seems to go right? When you feel as if you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders? When it seems as if all have abandoned you at the point of your greatest need? When it feels like you just can't go on?
Keep the following close to your heart, and mind.Whenever you face an impossible situation, call this to mind: Faith and prayer are the keys to making the impossible possible, even though the process can be very slow, and even if our faith is very small. Jesus said that faith as tiny as a mustard seed, one of the tiniest seeds on earth, can move mountains (Matthew 17:20).
Always remember that He is faithful. He wants to make a way for you even when the road is closed. Most importantly, He will never leave you to carry your burden alone.Your situation is never hopeless when you have God in your heart!
Scripture: John 1:1; Hebrews 11:6; John 14:1; Matthew 24:13; Jeremiah 32:17; Hebrews 11:1-3; Romans 10:17
Prayer: Dear Lord, please help me see that even in the darkest hour your light will be there to show me the way. Amen
-special thanks to Robert R. McLaughlin
May God always bless you,
Cara
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