Impossible to Possible...

August 8, 2009

Danielle Joyner Kelley

“Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God." Mark 10:27.

On Earth, we are always looking for evidence of something. Our desire for facts leads us into the reality that facts often have absolutely nothing to do with the truth. That is because we live by faith. “We live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7.

Having faith requires a commitment from us of a certain state of mind. We are to accept that something is true whether we have facts to back it up or not. For example: Fact: you have a broken heart. Truth: God can heal it. Fact: you have a horrible illness. Truth: God can heal it. Fact: you are the person you are and nothing will ever change you, according to you. Truth: God can.

As Jesus told us “with man” things are many times “impossible”, but “all things are possible with God.” Still many people think that truly believing in that statement is “impossible”. We see the world around us currently, and allow ourselves to get so bogged down in a harsh reality that we start to believe that nothing good could ever come of something bad.

That is when Christian faith kicks in, and we look at the Cross. Can anything good come of something bad? Fact: Jesus was crucified, and murder is horrible and heartbreaking. Truth: That death changed humanity, history, past, present and future from the beginning of time until the end of it.

Whether others believe in Him or not, or whether they only refer to Him as a “historical figure” or a “prophet”, one man’s death on a Cross has spread throughout the globe and changed many lives. Those craving “facts” to back up their position know that event took place, but they have no “facts” to explain how one man changed the face of the Earth while only being a “historical figure”. Christians don’t need those facts to believe because the Bible they believe in tells them that through “faith” not “facts” they are saved from an eternal life of hell. Asking them to prove different is asking them to discard what their Bible tells them to do.

Something wonderful came out a bad situation, and provided us with a picture of what true faith looks like. Jesus was tortured and He suffered, but that event turned into something remarkable and beyond our very comprehension. He was bleeding, suffering, hardly able to walk, and every time He dropped that Cross while carrying it to where He would be killed, He got back up and lifted it. Fact: He never gave up through His suffering, even through the disbelief of others around Him of who He really was. Truth: He has never given up on you through your suffering or disbelief either.

His victory over death was for you. It doesn’t just start when you die. It starts right now, here, at this moment. “I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13-14 . We have seen it, and some of us continue to every day.

Fact: we often give up due to the lack of factual information. Truth: Jesus knew better and left us with reality: “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13.

There is so much potential in all of us: to overcome our problems, to overcome our adversity, to change the world, to reach every dream, every beautiful thing, and to utilize every gift we have been given. To reach that potential we have to put our all in Him and in that Cross, and then we will see that we cannot fail. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6.

You have to believe it, know it, and live as if it has already taken place. “" 'If you can'?" said Jesus.” Everything is possible for him who believes." Mark 9:23.

Fact: you may or may not agree. Truth: I am right.