How to Trust God When It Looks Impossible

Believing God is able is one of the most important things to hold on to in our faith walk. Situation happens when it causes you to ever think for one second that your God is not able to deliver. When encountering this, I love this quote by Charles Spurgeon in a sermon on this text, he says:

Now; beloved friends, if any of you are in great difficulty and trouble, tempted to do wrong, nay, pressed to do it, and if you do what is right, it looks as if you will be great losers and great sufferers; believe this: God can deliver you. He can prevent your having to suffer what you suppose you may; and if he does not prevent that, he can help you to bear it, and, in a short time, he can turn all your losses into gains, all your sufferings into happiness. If you are serving God, you are serving an Omnipotent Being; and that Omnipotent Being will not leave you in the time of difficulty, but he will come to your rescue. – Charles Spurgeon

This is the point in our struggling where we question if God is with us. We question if He really loves us like He says He does. And when that doubt starts to seep in it makes the temptation to bow down to the idols of this world that much more appealing. I mean everyone else is doing it. But we have to realize that we are bowing down to false idols that can do nothing for us but distract us for a moment and then we are right back to where we started. We must not become tricked into thinking that the things of this world can do what only God can do. See everlasting love, joy, peace, satisfaction and fulfillment are God things. And if we look for these things outside of God we only fool ourselves. Whatever it is that you need God is, it is up to us to believe that. 

The third lesson we learn from Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego is that we have to know that our God is able. Do not allow any situation to cause you to think for even one second that your God is not able to deliver. When we place our faith in our God we have the courage to say what Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said to their struggle: I know God can do it, I know that He is able and for that reason I honor Him even as I look down this fiery furnace. But if for some reason He does not do what I know He can, I will still worship Him, because my praise goes far beyond what God can do, it’s all about who He is.

By Christina Patterson

What if I’m not saved, loved, chosen?

 (©paixin.com)

What if God doesn't forgive me for all the mistakes I made? What if I only believe I'm freed?

What if I am not good enough for him, when all's said and done?

Has your mind ever calculated the what ifs of faith? The "What ifs of Faith" say I may not be in God's love. I might be left behind. I might unlovable. Many things can trouble us and make us wonder about our relationship with him. What, in the rare silence and contemplation of your heart, do you hear?

As I took a walk today, questions stirred. I noted the dark rain clouds, the heaviness of the world and the shifting movement of a life passing me by.

One day Jesus will return. One day he will come for me. It may not be far away.

I walked, wanting Jesus, needing Him - his truth, his faithfulness.

God, will you show me your glory?

No sooner did I pray that I saw it: a rainbow. A promise so clear, as God's faithfulness peaked through the heaviness of the dark and despairing clouds covering our pain-ridden world.

God is here.
His promises are true.
Faithful He will be.
What He says will come, will come.
He is who He says He is.
He will come in glory.

And I? I'll be cloaked in his grace. Covered by it. Dancing in it. Freed by it. Owned by it. Released from every burden that wants to convict or distance me from his love. Jesus did not come to judge the world, but to save it. And I am saved, not by my own actions, but by Him. Released. Taken care of entirely.

What freedom!

Freedom exists behind every dark cloud. Freedom is Jesus. His grace waits to bust you out of the heaviness, regrets or bitterness clenching hold of your spirit. It’s all Jesus.

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.”

Yes and amen.

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Prayer:

Jesus, we proclaim you as the Promise Keeper, the Lord, the King of Kings over everything. We declare you to be our Lord. We confess our sins to you today. We turn away from them. We want you above all else, and nothing apart from you. We give you our life, our heart, our song and hopes. We ask, in your complete goodness to have your way in our life. Thank you that you cleanse us, restore us and renew us right now. We are living testimonies of your goodness. Your grace and peace frees us. We overflow with contentment and joy. We receive all this, and your full inheritance and give it room to live in our lives. We praise you. In Jesus' Name. Amen

By Kelly Balarie