Have you not heard before that with God all things are
possible? Jesus looked at them and clearly said "with man, this is
impossible but with God, all things are possible"(Matt 19:26) 'all'
literally means 'all'. Jesus did not say "with God, some things are
possible". Jesus also did not say "with God, most things are
possible". He clearly used the word "all". Why then do we keep
doubting God's capabilities? The main reason we say "it is
impossible" is because we are still trying to use our mere human
brain to understand the process of God's supernatural power. God's
power is called 'supernatural' for a reason. If we want to
understand supernatural miracles done by God, then we might as
well have supernatural minds like God. Creation itself is proof of
the creator. In other words, the existence of the world itself is real
evidence that God exists; else who created the world? So if you
deny that something is possible just because you can't understand
it, then you should deny the creation and existence of the world;
which is impossible because the world actually exists. For
those(my atheists friends) who deny the existence of the world
claiming that the world took place as a result of science, my
question is "can you explain how science created the world?" And
even if you can explain that, do you honestly understand how it
happened? My guess is that your answer is "No". I believe no one
in his right mind actually understands how science could have
created the universe. So the bottom line is that the creation of the
world is a mystery, a mystery which christians will call a miracle.
If the creation is a mystery, then nothing is impossible with the
creator(God the father).
*With God vs to God:
Now, I would love for you to please pay attention to what I am
about to say. Permit me to address another issue which pastor
Benny Hinn once explained. The question he once asked was "why
does the Bible not say 'to God, all things are possible' but it instead
says ''with God, all things are possible"? That is a very smart
question and this was his explanation. 'To' will mean that God can
do all things by himself alone. 'With' will mean that we need to be
with God in order for all things to come true. It is but obvious that
"to God, all things are possible" because He created the universe
alone(one trinity). So, in order to experience miracles in our lives,
we need to be with God; because with Him, miracles in our lives
will take place; but to Him, His miracles take place to and around
Him alone. That is because we don't have supernatural powers and
so we need to connect with His supernatural powers for the extra
ordinary things to take place in our lives. Therefore, to God, all
things are possible to God alone but with God, all things are
possible with us(who are connected with Him). I am sorry for the
little complication there but I hope you understood the main point.
We must always keep in touch with God to experience all what He
promised us(love, peace of mind, joy, success, hope, resurrection,
eternal life in Heaven, etc.)
Nothing, I repeat 'nothing' at all is impossible with God(Lk
1:37). You know, sometimes we think we have fully understood all
scriptures in the Bible merely because we have read the Bible over
and over. But the truth is that there is more understanding to every
verse in the Bible, more than you know. Every statement has more
than one meaning behind it, and it is only a matter of time before
you discover the other meanings. Have you not noticed that every
time you read a familiar story or watch a familiar movie, you find
out something new? Have you not also noticed that every time you
read a verse in the Bible and meditate on it, you discover a new
meaning to it? That is called 'spiritual revelation'. We think we
know the Bible but there is a difference between 'mere knowledge'
and 'spiritual revelation'. Spiritual revelation often comes with
meditation and a willingness to know more. When you think about
someone over and over, it is called ‘worry’ but if you think about
God’s word over and over, it is called 'meditation'. Therefore we
need to meditate on biblical phrases to understand the numerous
meanings behind those phrases. Therefore, if you meditate on (Lk
1:37), which clearly says “for with God nothing shall be
impossible”, you will discover that ‘nothing’ in here means
absolutely nothing on earth. 'Nothing' as in no impossibility with
financial difficulty, no impossibility with finding a good spouse,
no impossibility with having a child(barren or not), no
impossibility with getting a good job, no impossibility with getting
healed from a terminal sickness(cancer or HIV), no impossibility
with changing people’s lives, no impossibility with a peace of
mind, no impossibility with joy and happiness. No impossibility at
all. Nothing literally means 'nothing'. The angel Gabriel told
Mary(mother of Jesus) that nothing is impossible with God(Lk
1:37). Mary got pregnant without having anything to do with her
husband Joseph. How do you explain that? Is it humanly possible
for this to happen? Our problem is that we always want to use our
human brains to understand God's supernatural ways. Hey, I need
to tell you man, it is killing us. We need to change our way of
thinking(mind set) and start believing in this supernatural
being(God). If you sincerely believe that God loves you(1Jn 4:8)
and that He decides your destiny(including the destiny of the
world), then you would know that all prosperity meant to happen
in your life is decided by the same God.
*Just believe it is well.
The main reason we give up is because we don’t want to
believe. We refuse to believe that God is the God of all
possibilities. We always want to find every natural occurrences to
suit the human mind. That will never work. We are very
familiar with the story of Jesus walking on water right? (Matt
14:26). Now, because humans are always looking for a world
explanation to suit nature, some scientists would now say that salty
water can carry weight and therefore, the water must have been
very salty for Jesus to be able to walk on it. If anyone believes in
that, I would like to see someone walk on water. LOL. The bottom
line is that we need to just believe in God and stop questioning His
power. Searching for unnecessary proof of God's power only
creates more doubts in our minds. We keep blaming God for not
helping us to believe in Him. The truth is that we are the main
problem. We keep opening the door wide open for the devil to
come into our lives and cause more doubts and confusion. We are
the problem because we have refused to just believe. We wouldn’t
lose anything by just believing. Just believe in God and never give
up on Him.
My cousin(Sean Akene) once told me that his teacher in class
told him that it is much better to believe in God and end up finding
out that He didn’t exist at all; rather than not believing in Him at
all and finding out in the end that He actually exists. Isn't that
smart? If you believed in God and ended up finding out that
He didn’t exist, you have absolutely nothing to lose(besides
needless pride) but if you never believed in God and ended up
finding out that He actually existed, then you are in serious trouble
because you will be in serious regrets. Now tell me, isn’t this
logical enough? We keep questioning in doubt as follows: “but
how?”, "how is that even possible?”, “how can I get out
of this mess?”, “how can I have kids when I am barren?”, “how
can any man or woman ever look at me when I am so ugly?”, “how
can I get my life together after all these mistakes I did?”, “how can
I get this job when I don’t have the qualifications for it?”, “how
can I ever win this championship when I am naturally an
unfortunate person?”. Ladies and gentlemen, please, nothing at all
is impossible with God. Just believe! Just believe! Just believe! It
is well with you in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus. If any
body tells you that there is no hope for you to get out of the trouble
you find yourself in, smile and tell that person “I believe in
Jesus”. If anyone tells you that you can’t be the lawyer you have
always dreamed to be, smile and tell that person “I believe in
Jesus”. If anyone tells you that there is no hope in finding your
husband or wife, smile and tell that person “I believe in Jesus”.
If anyone tells you that you will never live to see another happy
day, smile and tell him what???
*We think God is not that smart:
One of the reasons we give up in life is because we think that
God is not smart enough to take us out of our trouble. Let us use a
little mathematical basic reasoning.
We know fully well that God formed humans from dust right?
(Gen 2:7). So technically speaking, in order to compare with God,
we should be able to use the soil to create a human body right? If
you think you are as 100% as smart as God, then you should be
able to form 100% of a human body from dust. If you think you are
as 50% as smart as God, then you should be able to form 50% of a
human body. If you think you are even 1% as smart as God, then
you should able to create just 1% of a human body part; may be a
piece of hair. Why even go to that extent? Let me go to as little as
animals. Can any human being create just 1% of an animal body
part out of nothing? Obviously not! Please don't mention 'cloning'
because cloning is not the same as creating. I am not against
cloning but we can't dare compare our little science skills with
God’s power? The truth is that no one can clone out of nothing.
You need a substance from which the cloning will take place and
that substance is the same substance that was created by the
unshakable shaker God almighty. God created the universe out of
nothing. No one can create a simple building out of nothing, right?
So, having all this knowledge about God in mind is solid reason for
you to completely rely on him. He who created the human body in
his image is alive and has plans for you.
We know very well that most philosophers’ aim is to disprove
the existence of God. The famous saint by name Thomas Aquinas
described God as the unmoved mover. In his book “the argument
from motion”, he explains that everything on earth is moved by
something else. He further explained his theory as follows:
Assuming that there are many different forces on earth and one
force causes another force to move. When force A causes force B
to move, then another force called force C would cause force B to
move, then another force called force D will cause force C to
move, and another force called force E would cause force D to
move. This chain goes on and on until we get to the final force
which is unmovable. This force is God's supernatural force which
can not be explained by science. If you sincerely believe in this
unmoved creator, then you will never give up on him.
Guys, God really loves us. His love is beyond any human
explanation. God loves us so much that he sent his only one
begotten son Jesus to go through that pain on our behalf (see Jn
3:16). Can you send your own son to die for others? Better yet,
would you sacrifice your child or sibling or any loved one to die
for the sake of many? I believe the answer to that is 'no'. But guess
who did it? God the father. While we were yet sinners, Jesus died
for us (Rom 5:8). How much more love do we need to accept that
God loves us so much and is with us? Therefore, my dear friends,
please do not give up on God but rely on him because he loves us
so much and with him, all is well.
*For losing love ones:
We all have dear people in our lives whom we want by our side
at all times. Such people generally fall under the category ‘family’
implying that even your best friend or co-worker could be
considered your family because of how dear he or she is to you.
That is perfectly understandable but if we have lost any of such
people, we can’t hold on to that. It is okay to mourn and miss your
loved ones but please do not give up on your self because of your
loss. Let Jesus be your comforter. In fact, be rest assure that your
lost one is having a very good time in Heaven with Jesus, receiving
a peace of mind which he/she most likely was not receiving on
earth. Therefore, on the one hand, we can mourn for our
loss(because we miss them) but on the other hand, we should
rejoice for their gain(because they are resting with joy).
Permit me to quote this biblical verse and elaborate on it.
“….believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and
thy house”(Acts 16:31). What happened here is that Paul and Silas
were in jail and the jailors came to them and asked what they
could do to be saved? And Paul and Silas made it clear to them
that they should believe in the Lord and that if they did so, their
family or household would be saved as well. So I tell you my dear
brethren, as long as you believe, your lost family is save and
resting in Heaven. Many at times, we feel like letting every thing
go and giving up on life because of the dear loved ones we have
lost but there is one thing we need to bear in mind: it may be an
earthly loss but it is definitely a Heavenly gain. Your family is
save in heavenly places, okay? So please cheer up and do not give
up on your life dreams or on others. Let us always keep in mind
that there are so many people out there who depend on us in one
way or another. So when we for any minute think of giving up, let
us be rest assure that we are not just giving up on ourselves but
also on the people depending on us. For example you may be a
huge source of joy to your earthly father. Every time he sees you
happy, he is also happy. So when you decide to give up on yourself
and feel sad at all times, you are also killing your father’s joy.
Also, assuming you are a doctor or nurse and you had a patient
with whom you were really close. One day this patient loses his
life and then you feel really bad to the point of wanting to give up.
It is only humane(and okay) for you to mourn and feel bad but
please don’t give up on your career because there are many
patients out there who depend so much on you. The moment you
give up, many more lives could be lost and your pain will even be
aggravated. Please rely on Jesus and he will comfort you for ever.
Are you familiar with the 'Ben Carson story'? This is a
real life story of one of the best medical surgeons in USA by name
Doctor Ben Carson. According to the book 'gifted hands' by Ben
Carson and Cecil Murphey(2011), this gentlemen grew up in a
poor home, struggled through racial discrimination in school, and
was even mocked at by his school mates on a number of instances.
"I found capping an embarrassing and painful
experience...Capping was always done within earshot of the
victim, and the best targets were the kids whose clothes were a
little out of style...I was a special target"(Carson & Murphey
2011). As you can see, Ben was ridiculed by his mates at the time
little did they know what God had in stock for him. He went
through much more pain and struggle but his mom was always
there to keep him moving. "When she believed in something, she
held on and wouldn't quit...or one of her favorites: 'you just ask the
Lord and he'll help you'"(Carson & Murphey, 2011). Doctor
Benjamin Carson graduated from the medical school of the
university of Michigan after which he became a neurosurgeon at
the John hopkins university in Baltimore found in Maryland, USA.
He was the very first neurosurgeon to separate a pair of siamese
twins(still babies) whose heads were joined from birth.
Imagine this possibility: after all the racial disfavor, insults,
and hardship he experienced as a child, doctor Carson still did not
give up on himself and because of this, God used him to save many
innocent children’s lives. Among these lives include the lives of a
set of twins in Germany whose heads were joined at birth. My dear
friends, I tell you, don’t you ever give up. God has a special plan
for you.
*...with God, all things are possible (Matt 19:26) *
