The Impossible
*This was originally sent out to the mailing list on 4/3/07*
I came across something that I had written so long ago, that I really had forgotten it. When I read it, it was quite fresh, and seemed to pertain to exactly how I am feeling right now.
I wrote the following message just over two years ago, on 3/5/05. It also mentions my very favorite verse in the whole Bible, Hebrews 11:12. Its called “The Impossible,” and I hope you can relate to the words, and I pray that you are strengthened by God through this message.
The Impossible
“[A]s the LORD liveth, …there is but a step between me and death.” -1 Samuel 20:3
How many of My people have said this? Or from how many nations, in how many times in history, has this fear been felt? And have I ever failed? Have I but failed once? I have reproved kings for My people’s sake, saying, “Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm” (Psalm 105:15).
My will is unalterable. My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure. Have I not said that your very hairs are all numbered? Not one raindrop falls, nor one blade of grass sprouts, without My knowledge.
I specialize in impossibilities. The impossible: it is here that I delight to work. With David - who was but a step from death - it was impossible for him to overcome his adversaries alone. It was impossible for Noah to survive the coming flood. It was impossible for Sarah’s barren womb to conceive a child. It was impossible for Joseph to arise from his prison. It was impossible for the children of Israel to break free from Egypt’s bondage.
My power is shown in impossibilities. My strength is made perfect in weakness. Why should I do something that you can do yourself? Would you not say in your heart that your own wisdom, and your own strength have brought it to pass?
Take courage, My child, in due course, I am showing you My power and love.
What is impossible? What is there that you simply cannot do? What difficulty is unconquerable? It is there that I will meet you. It is there that I will manifest Myself most vividly to you.
Beloved, think on your impossibles. Do you think that these things have happened for nothing? Have I allowed such things to arise for no reason? The mothers of Israel were all barren. Sarah was barren (Genesis 11:30). Rebekah was barren (Genesis 25:21). Rachel was barren (Genesis 29:31). And it was done to the end that they might know assuredly that My hand was with them.
It is out of this barrenness, out of this impossibility, that I work My most amazing wonders. If you could plant a beautiful vineyard - fruitful and beautiful - anywhere in the earth, where would you plant it to show its splendor the best? Would you chose an already fertile field, where one might account the land for giving such blessing? Or would you chose a desert, a place of impossibility? It is from the dead and dry grains of sand that My miraculous life springs.
“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.” -Hebrews 11:11-12
When I chose Abraham, and made Israel a people for myself, I chose him because he was the least of all people. And when you have weakness, and struggle - beloved, know certainly that in this dry desert I intend to plant a special seed. Remember, I have chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty. My weakness is stronger than man’s might.
Rather, beware when your path is smooth, and your way easy. Beware when all men speak well of you. Is not this as the way of the world? Is this not as that broad path that leads so many to destruction? You who live in your own strength: where is room for My power? You who dwell at ease: where is room for My Spirit’s comfort?
“Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.” -Luke 6:21
