Opinion

"The God of Impossibilities"

Friday, July 22, 2016

All over this world, around us every day, are people who are looking for the truth to be lived out in the lives of those who claim it. They're waiting to see if we're genuine, authentic--they desperately want us to be the real deal. Just as the widow watched Elijah, there are people watching you, some watching me. They hear what we say we believe, but they are watching to see what we do. For them, it's all in the doing.

Remember, you and I are here by God's appointment, we are in His keeping, under His training, in His time. Give Him the corpse of your life, and ask Him to revive those lifeless areas that need to be revived. If the situation calls for it, trust Him for a miracle, in His time, if it be His will, for your life. On the bed of your life, place the remains of your broken and scarred past; the emptiness of your poor character traits; the habits, even the addictions that have so long controlled you; the limited vision that continues to characterize you; the slight irritation that nags or the large one that looms; the anger or violence or lust or greed or discontentment or selfishness or the ugliness of pride. Lay all these before the Father, and stretch yourself out under His shadow as you ask Him to bring about remarkable, even miraculous changes in your life.

Is He able? Get serious! I'm referring to "the God of impossibilities," the One who has limitless power, who has never--and will never--meet an intimidating obstacle He cannot overcome, an aggressive enemy He cannot overwhelm, a final decision He cannot override, or a powerful person He cannot overshadow.

Because Elijah believed in "the God of impossibilities," not even death caused him to doubt. He learned his theology of faith in the secret hiding place at Cherith. He was given the opportunity to develop it during his advance training at Zarephath. But it was not until he stared death in the face, literally, that he personified it. And he did it all standing in the shadow of God.

And so must I. And so must you. The Father's expressed will for your life and mine--for all who call upon the name of His beloved son, Jesus, is that we yield all that's within us to the indwelling Holy Spirit and cooperate with what He desires to produce in our lives which is nothing less than conform us to the moral likeness of Jesus. AS, for it is a day to day change that occurs in us, the Holy Spirit transforms all who seek to be a disciple of Christ into mature sons and daughters of God, those around us will see what they are thirsting for, but are too timid, too afraid even to hope it could happen to them. They will see someone they know, someone in whom God is clearly working in his/her life. The changes occurring before their eyes must be from God, it's the only credible explanation.

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