Impossible?

In Luke 1:37, God redefined what is and what is not impossible, “Nothing is impossible.” Jesus confirmed that shifting of the paradigm of possibilities when He said in Matthew 19:26 also said, “All things are possible.” And it wasn't just a motivational speech for Jesus. He went around doing the impossible. He specialized in the impossible.

Jesus changed the weather in a moment with a simple command. He rewired a blind man's optic nerve and enabled him to see. He walked on water and through walls. He made the blind see, the deaf hear, the mute talk, and the lame walk. He took five loaves and two fish and multiplied it to feed 5,000 men, besides the women and children (not to mention there were twelve basketfuls left over after everyone ate). He brought dead people back to life. He even came back to life.

That is pretty much an amazing list of impossibilities! Now, let me counter your reaction before you even give it, “Yeah, but that’s Jesus. What does that have to do with me?” Listen to what the One who said "All things are possible..."said about you and me: “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these.” (John 14:12)

Mark 9:23 adds this snippet to the impossibilities realm, “Everything is possible to him who believes.” The tendency is to fall prey to the idea that if what I am praying for doesn't happen soon, I must not have enough faith. Let me counter that argument by adding a statement that you're going to need to stay with me in order to understand. Impossibilities are relative! Now don't quit...read on!

For a two-month old baby walking is impossible. That child has not developed the coordination nor motor skills to walk. But in time, not only can the child walk, it is expected. In fact, what was once considered an impossibility will eventually be considered an aberation. Sometimes time is the only difference what is impossible and what is possible. 

For a toddler who can't do simple addition and subtraction, algebraic problems would be considered impossible. But in a few years, the child will not only come up with a simple solution to that impossible problem it is expected! Sometimes knowledge is the only difference between what is impossible and what is possible.

Jesus is telling us that faith is the only difference between what is impossible and what is possible. And just as time and knowledge provide the difference between the possible and the impossible, sometimes all we need is the development of our faith in order to see the impossible!

Every believer should live in the realm of possibilities. It is our inheritance. While we may few problems as having a degree of difficulty, in other words, we have small problems and big problems, from God’s perspective, there are no degrees of difficulty! In Jeremiah 32:27, God asks us: “Is anything too hard for me?” We tend to think of prayer requests as having degrees of difficulty. But I love this quote from Mark Batterson, "To the infinite, all finites are equal. There is no big or small, easy or difficult, possible or impossible!"

To God, every situation in your life is equal, and all things are possible!