by Linzy Slayden
Does the word impossible find its way into your life all too often? Britannica’s World Dictionary defines it as “not possible, intractable, that which cannot be done at all.” Webster’s Dictionary adds “unfeasible; unattainable; absurd!”
The very word has an air of hopelessness about it. Each of us may have our own definition of impossible: a fractured relationship, a pressure-filled ministry situation, a besetting sin there seems no victory over, overwhelming financial issues, a strong-willed deacon, a well-intentioned dragon (if you know what I mean), or guilt over the past, grief due to illness or death. Or perhaps like Christian in Pilgrim’s Progress, you are mired in the “Slough of Despond,” and just making it through another day seems impossible! It may look different to each of us, but it is a face with which we are all familiar.
The one place we will not find the word impossible is in our God’s dictionary. The Scriptures are full of seemingly hopeless situations in which our Omnipotent God showed His power and might: the exodus, the lion’s den, and the fiery furnace in the Old Testament. The New Testament reveals the lame walking, the blind seeing, the grieving whose loved ones were restored to life, thousands being fed by a few fish and a little bread, and prisoners led to safety by an angel. The disciples faced a great impossibility. The one they followed died a horrible death. How could they go on? Their questions dissolved when the finality of death came face to face with resurrection power!
The same God who controlled these situations is sovereign in the lives of His children today. His love, strength, power, wisdom, and might have not abated through the years. He stands willing and able to help each of us through whatever comes our way. The Word of God plainly teaches, “For with God nothing shall be impossible” (Luke 1:37). Nothing, nada, zip, zero, zilch, however you say it in whatever language you say it, no situation is too much for God to handle.
The only responsibility we have is to trust God, walk by faith, be faithful, do what we can do, and trust God to do what we can’t.
When I look at the BBFI I see some who are defeated by seemingly impossible situations. I would encourage all of us to remember the God we serve is the God who spoke the worlds into existence! We serve a great and powerful God!
The wonderful principle is that sometimes He uses us to make it happen. When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead He first told the men to move the stone. They needed to do what they could do, and then He would do what they could not … raise the dead!
In our Fellowship we need to do what we can do and watch God do what we can’t! This translates into support: financial support for the schools, Mission Office, missionaries, NCPO, and the Tribune; prayer support; and physical support by attending the Fellowship meetings.
Let’s pull together and see God do the impossible.