The Impossible Is Possible With God
“I am the LORD, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?” -- Jeremiah 32:27
Some days are just overwhelming. You’ve heard that old cliché about not knowing whether to laugh or cry. I had one of those days last week and it just about did me in.
Juggling used to be something I was really good at. But somehow juggling business things and personal things are two separate things all together. Probably because one is just dollars and cents and another day at the office. The other is lives and health and people who matter to me.
At times I’m afraid that the stress of it all will draw me toward darkness, even as I cling to the light. How can anyone do it all? How can anyone be all things to all people at all times? The answer is: they can’t. But God can.
The problem comes when I start trying to do it all by myself. Maybe you’ve been there before. The tasks all seem so simple that I don’t want to bother God. And the tasks are simple. But simple task on top of simple task on top of simple task adds up to something that appears overwhelming. And then I’ve got to bother God anyway because I just can’t do it by myself.
I figure He’s up there shaking His mighty head and wondering what took me so long to figure it out. He was there all along, just waiting for me to realize that He cares about the details of my life just as much as the major stuff that happens every now and then.
Other times I can’t see the way. I’m convinced there is no light at the end of the tunnel everyone is telling me about because I just can’t see it happen. I tell myself that there is just no way. How silly? I know better. I do. But still I doubt. I question. I give up without even trying.
Because all I can see is that I can’t do it on my own. I forget about the power behind what I’m called to do. I forget that God has my back. I forget that God will never call me to do something without also giving me and providing me with the power, wisdom and resources to make His will happen.
God can do anything. I know that. I do. He is the God of the universe. The Creator of all things. My LORD. My Savior. My everything. He can do anything. All I’ve got to do is show up.
What has God called you to do today? What have you already given up on without even trying? What has you overwhelmed? Give it to God. Just hand it over and watch what happens. Because there is nothing you can’t do when God has your back.
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