Impossible Transformed To Possible

The circumstance seemed impossible.
They did not know what to do. They had spent years spiraling out of control until it seemed nothing would work.

In their perspective, most of their friends did not suffer they way they did.  But . . . something changed in their perception.  It began with one man.  He had an attitude that he could and would get through impossibilities, believing there would be something more on the other side of  challenges. This  individual, our mutual friend,  approached his diagnosed cancer with peace and confidence. Our friend explained that he did not define his life by cancer but, rather, that God would never fail or leave him. He held on to the promise: "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9 )

So.

They made a radical change. They were so tired of the way they had been living for years and “stepped” in to a new way to respond to the stuff of life. 

What did they do? 

They decided to ‘try” God and entered into an ongoing-active-participating relationship with Him. 
As they communicated with God . . . talking and listening  . . . peace began to shift them away from fear.  They realized the circumstances of their life would not control the outcome of their life as they trusted God for something more.   The impossible was transformed to possible.

The same thing was experienced in the ancient days when Joshua sent two men to see what God had promised.  Years before, he had been in the same place with eleven other men.  The thing is . . . at that time . . . Joshua and one other man, Caleb, were the only individuals that believed God would shift every detail to put His plan into place . . . that the impossible could be transformed to possible . . . but all the others believed it would be too great of a risk to enter in.  The people ended up wandering in the desert for forty years because of their unbelief; however, all those years later Joshua was given another opportunity: Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho " So they went and came into the house of  a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.  (Joshua 2:1)

Joshua believed there was a plan . . . a plan to move forward . . . which had nothing to do with the impossibilities that were in front of them . . . but with the power of the promise of God.  Joshua's belief that God would transform the impossible to the possible changed the lives of the people, including one woman, Rahab.  She was considered worthless by society with no hope of ever experiencing value.  The details of her life were transformed when Joshua sent the men.  For the rest of history, Rahab would be seen as the woman who had courage to help the people of God, willingly participating in the plan of God. The impossible transformed to possible . . . a woman viewed as nothing by society became key to the people of God entering into the land promised to them by God.  

Open yourself to the impossibilities being transformed to the possible. 

Step into the power of the promises of God.

Believe God will shift and transform your world to put His plan into action.

Transform through the presence and power of God.

Learning with you to KICK START the day believing God transforms impossibilities to possibilities,

                                                                  Pastor Kerrie

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