Is It Really Impossible?

The following flows from a few thoughts found in the message from January 13, 2008. It’s available on our website (http://www.wkc.org/) or through itunes.

Sovereignty has been on my mind ever since I first felt a little ‘led down a blind alley’ two years ago. I can remember the frustration that came from feeling like I was (1) Supposedly in relationship with a God of endless love and wonder and who was (2) Watching me from a distance as I stood in the midst of a dead end surrounded on all sides by impossibility.

Circumstances are one of our favorite scapegoats. Our mind so easily thinks in terms of ‘if only’ (‘if only’ things were different). But we do not live in a perfect world and God is not negligent in understanding your circumstances and what they mean. Nor is He amused to see you spinning your wheels against an impossible situation.

All of this leaves you with an opportunity to consider some tough alternatives in your thinking. I’d suggest there are at least two: you can either doubt God or you can doubt yourself. Or, to say it another way: you either doubt your perspective or you doubt His goodness.

Consider: you can either decide you’re right about your circumstances, they are as impossible as they seem and this reflects poorly on God for either not loving you enough to give you a real chance or just simply not knowing how tough your situation really is (in other words, you doubt God). Or as an alternative, you can choose to believe He knows something more about you and your circumstances than you do and you just lack the ability to see it clearly (in other words, you doubt what you see and think).

You can even take all of this a step further and assume that your circumstances are the means for being fully alive. Why? Because He customized them to bring the absolute best out of you.

So here’s what I’m suggesting: why not try on a different set of assumptions about your circumstances? Try telling yourself this: “My circumstances are the ideal means for me to be fully alive and grow to my next step, otherwise God is either not real or not nice or both!”

Just a thought,

Chris