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Monday, January
21, 2008
Mission Possible
Mark 10:26-27 And they were astonished
out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? (27) And
Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God:
for with God all things are possible. (KJV)
The disciples were astonished with this
new doctrine our Lord was bringing forth to a fallen world. The things of
God and His plan of salvation were being manifested through Jesus Christ;
so what was previously hidden and unknown was now available to whosoever
would call upon the name of the Lord. Things that were impossible and
unachievable by man and his way of thinking are now a reality and should
become a way of life to the believer. What is your vision of salvation
today? Is it a clear cut path that you are walking or are you astonished
and bewildered thinking it is impossible for someone like me and thinking
that God only uses special people with special gifts or what some think are
super powers? The reality is, it’s the simplicity of the gospel of Christ
that many miss and overlook. Because we consider ourselves simple at times
we think we get overlooked by God as well, because surely He can find more
qualified people than me to use. Remember and don’t ever forget the
message; with God all things are possible and nothing will seem impossible
to those that believe.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things
through Christ which strengtheneth me. (KJV)
Are you a can do person? Do you have a
can do attitude and an expectation of victory in your walk, or are you
still coming up short of the goal, accepting whatever comes your way rather
than letting the Lord have His way and complete the mission? Do you see
things that are impossible to others, and were to you before you were
saved, now a reality and a way of life; an expectation that the things of
God and His promises are now what you rely on; and you will not accept
anything less than His outcome despite what your outward senses try and
dictate to you? Will you hold fast your profession of faith without
wavering so that you can continue to be a can do person because of a can do
Christ within you?
Luke 1:34-38 Then said Mary unto the
angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (35) And the angel
answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. (36) And,
behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age:
and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. (37) For with
God nothing shall be impossible. (38) And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of
the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from
her. (KJV)
It is interesting when reading this
account of how the angel of God came to Mary to let her know the Lord’s
plan for her and how she would be used by Him. When Mary was informed of
this plan, to her own carnal thinking and mind it was impossible. However,
as we see in verse 38 her answer was let it be according to the word of God
which was delivered to her through the angel. So how would this account
relate to you personally? Were we not barren ourselves at one time
spiritually and unable to bring forth life? Once we accepted the Lord and
His plan of salvation we too conceived and a new life was formed within us.
‘Christ in you the hope of glory’ is now residing within the believer as
well, so that you too can operate in the power of the Highest, which is
ready to spring forth from you to bring new life to a dying world. Even
though Mary questioned and wondered how these things could take place,
because according to the outward it was impossible, she accepted the word
of the Lord and allowed Him to do what was seemingly impossible to man but
just another day at the office for the Lord. So how are you responding to
the Lord today? Are spending your time trying to analyze things by what the
outward is trying to dictate, or are you accepting God to be true no matter
what the circumstances are so that you can bring forth new life within you
and receive the results God intended for your situation also?
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (KJV)
The only time it becomes mission
impossible is when we step out of the realm of faith and start walking by
sight, the outward and not the inward vision. Once a person steps out of
the realm of faith they start questioning God and begin to waver. Many
times in the Old Testament it makes reference to the double hearted which
will result in one being double minded and unable to receive the things of
God. Once you step back into the realm of doubt and fear the mission is
aborted and unable to move forward until you re-enter the realm of faith
and get back on God’s turf. You, like Mary, have the same choice. Will you
take God at His word or will you try and analyze things by what the carnal
realm dictates and its limitations?
Galatians 3:23-24 But before faith came,
we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards
be revealed. (24) Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto
Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (KJV)
Our justification, our new life, is only
revealed and brought forth by faith; our ability to hear the message
delivered by Christ and then act on it and follow through with it until it
accomplishes what is pleasing to God. Before faith became a reality to us
we to were shut up and spiritually barren; unable to operate in the power
of the Highest realm because we were trying to achieve salvation by old
laws and rituals which are now done away in Christ. A new man within us
requires a whole new way of thinking and acting. So the less you try to
analyze things and figure them out according to your own understanding, the
more you will be able to operate in the realm of a higher one.
Galatians 4:19-21 My little children, of
whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, (20) I desire
to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of
you. (21) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the
law? (KJV)
I have heard it said that child bearing
is one of the most painful things to endure and yet one of the most
rewarding afterwards. The same holds true in the spiritual realm as well.
Sometimes there is pain and travail within us, a tug a war at times, a new
life ready to spring forth, but it is being held back by the flesh not
willing to let go. The longer one is in labor the more painful and harder
it is to endure until they are able to deliver and bring forth a new life.
The same holds true with us. The more we hang onto the old things and the
old thinking the more painful it becomes; and the more we hang onto these
things the more likely we are to have a miscarriage and miss out on the
blessing that was intended for our benefit. You have a seed within you,
Christ, which needs to be fed and nurtured if you wish to bring forth a new
life within you and watch it grow to maturity. It pained Paul because he
watched a new life begin in the people only to see it aborted by them
turning back to the old law. They begin in the Spirit and then try to
perfect their walk by the flesh; which the Bible says ‘they that are in the
flesh cannot please God’. So which realm will you operate in today? And how
do you plan on doing those things that are pleasing to God? If it is by
your own thinking and the works of the law then it will be mission
impossible. But if it is by faith then it will be mission possible; a
victorious outcome to all those that believe.
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