Dear Ones:
We are apt to always look at what is humanly possible, and logically feasible. This perspective can be a great barrier, and hindrance to faith. Let’s begin our consideration of this subject by citing what Jeremiah wrote: “Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying: ‘Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh, is there any thing too hard for Me?'” (Jer. 32:27) When the angel Gabriel came to Mary, to announce the birth of Jesus, he said to her, “…For with God nothing shall be impossible.” (Luke 1:37) Now, the question is whether we truly believe this, and whether the God of the impossible can, and will, work in and through our lives? If we do not believe God to BE God, then our faith will never lay hold on Him for that which is humanly impossible.
In Judges 6, when the angel of the Lord comes to Gideon, he not only speaks to him of what he will BE by the grace of God, but will confront him with whether he will believe Him for the impossible thing. That impossible thing has to do with three hundred men under the command of Gideon, facing and conquering a “multitude” of Midianites. Scripture tells us that the Midianites, “….came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number.” (Judges 6:5) How would you, and could you, face such a multitude of the enemy with only three hundred men? One way…by faith, faith in the faithfulness of God who had ordered the attack, and had ordered it with a promise: “Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.” (v.16)
In the face of such a task, Gideon wavered. The Lord knew this, and helped him in his faith by providing a “God-inspired” confirmation of the victory, and this at the edge of Midianite camp. (Read Judges 7:9-15) In the New Testament, when Jesus put His hands on the eyes of a blind man, He asked him what he then saw. The man answered, “I see men as trees walking.” (Mark 8:24) It was then that Jesus put His hands on his eyes a second time, and made him look up, and this time he saw clearly. What was Jesus doing? The man did not have enough faith to be healed the first time, but with the encouraging hand and power of Christ, the man would be inspired to wholly believe and be healed. Just as the Lord Jesus encouraged Gideon and the blind man in their faith, so He does for us. The question is whether we are willing for Him to do this? Or whether we are so overwhelmed by the impossibility of the matter, that there is no seeking God for its accomplishment. Always remember, every time someone comes to the Lord, there has been a miracle from heaven…for we cannot save ourselves. But God meets us where we are, and brings us to where He wants us to be.
Love, Dad