ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

It is exciting to know that with God all things are possible: "But Jesus looked at them and said, With men this is impossible, but all things are possible with God" (Matthew 19:26). In our human thinking we hit brick walls, so to speak, when we come up against something that is impossible for us. We feel frustrated and hopeless. But with God, that never has to happen. When we put our trust in Him another world opens up to us, a world of possibilities that we would have never thought possible in the natural. You may have practically worn yourself out trying to accomplish something and, when you finally gave up and turned it over to God, you saw Him do with ease what you had struggled for a long time. I know that has happened to me over and over again. I am so glad that we serve a God of possibilities. Even the word impossible makes me feel hopeless and frustrated. I always like to believe there is hope, no matter how bad things may look. If God can take a hard, sinful, hateful, bitter heart, and make it soft, holy, loving, and forgiving, then, as far as I am concerned, He can do anything! I think that sometimes we do not realize what a miracle our salvation is. We become completely new crea-tures and are given a brand-new start in life by accepting Jesus Christ as our Saviour: "Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ [the Messiah] he is a new creation (a new creature alto-gether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17). How much more awesome could anything be? No wonder the Gospel is called the "good news"! God can change hearts, heal a sick body, rekindle a marriage, or restore finances. He can feed five thousand people with a little boy's lunch, walk on water, read men's hearts, and anything else He wants to do. Nothing is impossible with God! Do not ever look at a situation and think or say, "This is impossible." It may be impossible with men, but with God all things are possible! If we keep praying and believing, God can keep working, but if we give up, we close the door on the miracle God has in mind for us. You may say, "You just don't realize what a mess I have in my life." My advice to you is to ask God to take your mess and turn it into your greatest miracle! He can work it out for your good and you will have a testimony that encourages others. With God, all things are possible! [The Everyday Life Bible, Amplified Version, Notes and Commentary by Joyce Meyer, Faith Words, New York, USA, 2006].