Impossible Possibilities

When "The Lord turned to [Gideon] and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” (Judges 6:14), he responded in disbelief! saying that he was the least member of the least family of the least tribe of Israel. To say he had an inferiority complex is putting it mildly. 

However, as it has been said, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean no one is after you."  Gideon did have an esteem issue but he was correct in thinking he could not possibly lead tiny Israel against the mighty Midianite coalition.  At least he had been right, up to the moment when God said he could, for while "with man this is impossible,...with God all things are possible" (Matt 19:26).

I have often heard Christians say "I can never forgive what he did!"  "I can never forget what they said!"  "I can never get past what she took from me!"  And they were right until some listened t God and invited Him to work in them - then they found the strength to forgive, forget and get over it. Why?  Because they finally got off dead center of what they could do and embraced the forward motion of the power of God within. 

Although it may seem or even be impossible for you to do a thing, in Christ, all things are possible. As Paul said, He "...is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us (Eph 3:20).  And further affirms, "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength" (Phil 4:13).

The impossible for us become possible through us when the power of God's Spirit is moving in and through us. We can do anything God calls us to do by Hus power - forgive the unforgivable, love the in loveable, forget the unforgettable, do the undoable.

Jus' Sayn.