This week as I was driving, I came across this new song by Lincoln Brewster called “God of the Impossible.” I loved the message that is in the very simple chorus:
“The God of the impossible
The God of the impossible
The God of the impossible
You are who You are
The God of the impossible”
The lyrics are repetitive for a reason I think…. we as modern believers forget that God is a God of the impossible. Not that he might be. Not that he sometimes is. No God really IS a God of the impossible. We recognize that God is a God of the possible.…. but how many times do we dwell on that fact that He does the impossible every single day and has done this throughout the creation of the world… even before man stepped foot on earth’s stage? Let’s review some of the impossible things that God has done….
The World says:
1. It’s impossible to create “something from nothing,” yet that’s how God produced the cosmos. (Creation Gen. 1)
2. It’s impossible for a woman in her old age (80-90) to give birth, yet that’s how God Blessed Abraham and Sarah. (Gen. 17:17)
3. That there was no way that the Israelites walked across the Red Sea or the Jordan river on Dry Ground, yet the evidence tells a different story. (Ex. 14:22 & Josh 14:14-17)
6. Not to mention: raising children from the dead (1 Kin. 17:17–24 , 2 Kin. 4:18–37), feeding a crowd with only a little grain (2 Kings 4:42), Healing the blind (2 Kings 6:17), and Curing the sick (2 Kings 5:1-19 & Isa. 38:21)….. AND That’s only some of the impossibilities listed in the Old Testament!
Scripture says “The things which are impossible with men are
possible with God.”
Life after death can seem like an impossibility…. because we haven’t been there. However, scripture reminds us that God destroyed Satan’s greatest weapon, death, by the resurrection of His Son. Today, He uses death to bring about a resurrection and eternal life. A true miracle.
He is still taking impossible situations and turning them into possibilities: Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives me the strength.” Phillipians 4:13 All things – anything – everything – with the power of God!
How can we apply this truth in our lives?
Our work in His Kingdom is not about personal ability; it’s about personal faith. He can change our “I can’t” into “I will.”He can transform our doubts into faith. He can exchange the impossible, the unthinkable, the unfathomable, into reality and God honoring possibility. He is The God of the Impossible who invades the space of your impossible situation to bring about His divine opportunity.
God is saying to us “Believe me for the unbelievable, trust me for what you thought impossible, and obey me in the opportunities.
Go forth in His power,
Jessica
What a powerful and encouraging message Jessica. Thank you!
Encouraging words, Jessica! God taking away my sins and bringing me back to Him is the evidence that He can do impossible things. Now I need to trust Him to do the impossible in others whom I dearly love.