April 26, 2011

possible impossibilities

"But Jesus looked at them and said to them, 'With men this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible'." -Matthew 19:26
Anna Graham Lotz said it best when she said that "When we face an impossible situation, all self-reliance and self-confidence must melt away; we must be totally dependent on Him for the resources."
Isn't that the truth. Most times, because we are imperfect human beings with such limited knowledge, understanding and faith, we place limitations on God. I feel like more times than not it is a subconscious limit that we give to Him. Yes, we know that He is God, He is omnipotent, omnipresent..He is everything. Yet do we act like He is? We forget all too often who He really is and the power that He really has. Have you ever seen a little kid in a toy store receive news from their parents that they cannot buy all the toys that they want? What do he do. His knees hit the floor and he start sobbing. I feel like that is what we do, whether it be when we receive terrible news that a loved one has cancer, when life does not hand us the cards that we think we need, when we feel as if we have tried so hard yet gotten so little...you name it. Like a little kid we fall to the floor and whine, whether that be metaphorically or literally, it's all the same. How quickly we forget the truth in Matthew 19:26. How quickly we forget that we have a God who delights in impossibilities. Yet we still limit God. But God is a God without limitations. If only we could grasp the amazing fact that God will work miracles in our lives if we TRUST him with everything. Not just some things, not just the things we want Him to, but with everything. Do you doubt the faith that God can work miracles in your life? If so, then stop doubting God. Why would you doubt someone who made you? Someone who spun the earth into orbit? Someone who created all there is and everything that will come. God is in the business of doing miraculous things, believe it or not. Never be afraid to ask Him for a miracle. "You are the God who works wonders.." Psalm 77:14

3 comments:

  1. He does do miracles, and you are right-it is easy to forget just how Awesome He is, and that He can do great things.

    Did everything turn out OK with the BF?

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