Impossible is nothing.

When I was at the Orange Conference back in April, one of the girls in our group was sharing stories of crazy things that happened to her in the past when she had asked God to do the impossible through her.  Things that defied human logic.  Things that she was able to clearly respond to by saying, “It was God.  He did the impossible through me.”

So I have followed suit.  As I drive to work in the mornings, one of the things I almost always pray is, “God, would you please do the impossible through me today?”  I know that’s a prayer that He wants to answer.

You should know that my weekdays always begin with an 8am home visit to one of the families who are faithful clients of our clinic.  I stop by for 45 minutes or so and play with the kids in such a way that helps with carryover of the homework/therapy goals that have been sent home each weekend.  It’s only been two weeks, and it’s so much fun for all of us.

Remember, I’ve been praying for God to do the impossible through me at the clinic.

This past Friday, our clinic had an early morning all-staff meeting, and at the very beginning of the meeting, the director decided to make an announcement.  She said that the dad of the kids that I work with in-home every morning made a phone call to her, specifically to talk about me.  She said that this man very rarely gives out compliments, and is not easily impressed.  But he called her “singing my praises” about what an amazing job I was doing with the kids.  Their family doctor, who happened to be over there one morning that I was there, had also noted the same sentiment and had mentioned it to the dad as well.  And the director, who has high expectations for her staff, also commended me for a job well done.

Ladies and gentlemen, exhibit A: God doing the impossible through me.  A miracle.

Jim Britts gave a sermon a few weeks ago about something related to this.  He said that when his high school students make prayer requests, they oftentimes tend to be requests that, if answered, they wouldn’t really notice that God had answered them.  To get a good grade on a test.  To not get in a fight with mom.  To not be late to rehearsal.  If those things came to fruition, would they call those miracles?  Probably not.  He said that, oftentimes, we don’t see miracles occur because we don’t pray in such a way that, if God doesn’t show up, we fall flat on our face.

So I extend a challenge.  How would your life change if you asked God to do the impossible through you, and He answered your prayer?  For one, I think that it would be easier to recognize when God’s power was at work, versus when our own power was at work.  And it’s an exciting thing to see God’s power at work.  Because it confirms that He hears our prayers and loves us enough to answer them.

We serve a great and powerful God.  But how will we really see his greatness and power unless we ask Him to do the impossible through us, so that He can receive all the glory?