Imagine the following police exam. A police exam read: You are on patrol in outer London when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street. On investigation you find that a large hole has been blown in the footpath and there is an overturned van lying nearby. Inside the van there is a strong smell of alcohol. Both occupants—a man and a woman—are injured. You recognize the woman as the wife of your Divisional Inspector, who is at present away in the USA. A passing motorist stops to offer you assistance and you realize that he is a man who is wanted for armed robbery. Suddenly a man runs out of a nearby house, shouting that his wife is expecting a baby and that the shock of the explosion has made the birth imminent. Another man is crying for help, having been blown into an adjacent canal by the explosion, and he cannot swim. Bearing in mind the provisions of the Mental Health Act, describe in a few words what actions you would take. The officer thought for a moment, picked up his pen, and wrote: ’I would take off my uniform and mingle with the crowd.’
Sometimes life feels like that exam. Everything is just overwhelming or too difficult. I know I often feel that way as a pastor and I imagine you feel that way sometimes in life as well. And yet . . . Luke 1:37 says to me, "With God all things are possible." (NLT) I serve a God of the impossible. Just look at the many Bible stories that speak of God's love and capability to take impossible and improbable situations and turn them into possible and probable outcomes. Take for instance Gideon's defeat of Israel's enemies with only 300 men (Judges 7) or Joshua in the battle of Jericho (Joshua 6). God knocked those walls down with just some shouting and some marching. And don't forget Jesus feeding 5,000 people with just a few fish and bread.
What are you facing today that is impossible or improbable? Maybe you're like me and you have been working towards the victory in your own strength. God can work through your strength, but also your weakness. I want to remind you today, just as God has reminded me that all of our victories are "Not by might, and not by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty." (Zechariah 4:6) God is the author of the impossible in our lives.
If your goal or your dream aligns with God's plans and God's designs then trust in the Lord with all your heart, rest in the Lord's miracle provision and simply wait on the Lord. God will grow your faith and work the impossible. May God give each one of us an impossible dream that only God can make possible!!! Have a great week and see you Sunday as we focus on what's possible and what is impossible. Pastor Tom
