God Is Impossible

Have you ever been given something by God? Like a purpose or a gift, that you thought was really cool, but when you think about it and try and figure things out, you realize “this will never work.” You begin to doubt that what you believe God told you wasn’t God at all, because it seems impossible; it was just wishful thinking. It’d be cool if it worked, but there’s just no way in the world it’ll happen.

That’s just it: there is no way IN THIS WORLD that it will happen. It has to be supernatural; our God is an impossible God. Every aspect of Him, is impossible. Unfailing love? Impossible. Unmeasurable grace? Impossible. Righteous anger? Impossible. And that’s just God. If you look at Jesus: fully man fully God? Impossible. Never sinned? Impossible. Yeah, our God is impossible. Given this logic, that our God is in very nature what we would label as impossible, since He is impossible, He is not limited by what is possible. In other words, since He Himself is impossible, there is nothing He can’t do, cause anything labeled “impossible” is Him. Follow that?

I’m sitting here at work thinking of things God has blessed me with and purposes God has given me, my mind calculating every possible occurrence and possiblity, trying to reason everything out, and it can’t; I get a blue screen of death. And that’s just it: I must die to self, and be completely surrendered unto God. I must die, and let God live in me.

When Jesus was collecting His disciples, He would say “follow me.” I forget which person it was, but one of the “candidates” (if you will), said “let me go bury my father.” Jesus response is seemingly cruel, but tells us how we should act: “let the dead bury the dead.” Basically, put the dead behind you; and that’s not just people who have died, that is anything that is dead, or will be dead (and that’s everything). So when we commit ourselves to God, we are to put everything we have behind us, and follow Him entirely. Now think on this. Jesus never said “ok, now you can stop following me” to His disciples. He didn’t say it, just before He was betrayed. He didn’t say it, just before He was tried. He didn’t say it, just before He was whipped. He didn’t say it, just before He carried the cross. He didn’t say it, just before He was nailed to the cross. He didn’t say it, just before He surrendered His spirit. No; we are to follow Christ, all the way to death. All the way, through betrayal, through trials, through persecution, through pain, through death. When we faulter in our devotion, we must fall on our knees, and say “not my will, but Yours be done Oh God!”

There is no way we could do what God has called us to on our own; it’s impossible. Even Jesus, the Son of God, couldn’t follow God’s plan for Him, without God’s strength, so why do we think we can figure things out, raise money, and execute plans, without God? God is impossible people. He doesn’t give you something He knows you can handle, He gives you something He knows you can’t handle, so that the work you do will glorify Him.

The next time you see yourself in a situation, or are given a vision that seems impossible, remember that God is impossible. He is not bound by what is possible; He created possible. Since possiblity is created by God, that means that God also created impossible, and so He has as much control over impossible situations and plans as He does over possible situations. Wow. I like serving an impossible God. Even trusting God is impossible, without strength from Him. Ask God, to give you strength to trust Him, to follow Him, to love Him, even though it’s impossible.

Impossible? Hah. My God is impossible. What shall I fear? What can I not do? I’ve got the creator of impossible on my side. Booyah; bring it on, God.