TODAY’S WORD FOR WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2015.
IMPOSSIBLE
Incapable of being or happening; unable to be performed or affected; sure not to happen; can’t be done; utterly impracticable.
For with God nothing is impossible. Luke 1:37.
But without faith it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6.
How many times have you faced situations that you felt impossible to conquer? When this happens how do you react? Some people start searching for an answer or a way out of the situation. Others just curl up in defeat and hope by ignoring it that it will go away.
As believers, when we face situations that we think are impossible, we need to ask ourselves the right question. Many people will pray and ask the Lord, “What am I going to do?” The problem with asking the Lord this question is that even though we are asking the Lord’s guidance, the focus is on our actions. Therefore we limit our response to our abilities, resources and understanding. When we start to develop in our minds solutions it soon turns to manipulation and maneuvering to fix the problem.
We should ask God, “What are You going to do?” Can you see the difference? Now you have changed the focus of your concern to Almighty God with whom nothing is impossible. God blows out the sides of any box that confines us. He untangles any situation that may be baffling to us. He has the power to carry out His plan which is perfect and will bring Him the glory and us peace of mind.
When we face these impossible situations we must first pray and ask God the right questions. And then read God’s Word because what we will read is practical and contains answers for any and every concern we may ever have. Impossible situations for us are opportunities for our Lord to teach us valuable lessons that we would have never learned any other way.
One of the best illustrations that we can read in the scripture about how God wants us to handle impossible situations is found in John 6. Jesus called on Philip to get bread to feed the multitude that had come to listen to Jesus. From a human perspective both Philip and Jesus knew that it was an impossible situation.
Philip began calculating the cost. He knew that it would take over eight months of wages to pay for enough bread for this crowd so in Philip’s mind what the Lord had asked him to do was impossible. He made this assumption based on his limited resources. But what he soon learned was that limited resources are more than sufficient when given to Jesus. Jesus took five small barley loaves and two fish and provided more food than was needed for everyone.
When God asks us to do what seems impossible we must not let our estimate of our own resources hold us back from doing what God wants us to do. Remember, “With God nothing is impossible” and “without faith it is impossible for us to please God.” Although it is hardest to have faith in a situation that looks impossible, that kind of faith is most pleasing to God.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Psalm 26:2:
Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind.
Help me today to surrender all my plans into Your hands so when impossibilities comes my way I can ask, “What are You going to do, Lord?” I am so grateful that You can solve all my impossibilities that I turn over to You. Help me to learn the lessons that You want to teach me when I am faced with situations that are overwhelming to me.
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