BEYOND HUMAN POSSIBILITY

For if their (the Jews) rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?  Romans 11:15

         Does it seem far-fetched to believe that the Jews can one day be reconciled to God out of their unbelieving state?  Has their long history of antagonism toward Jesus painted a picture for us that is hopeless?  Just because it’s always been that way, do we have a hard time believing that this kind of transformation is possible?  Why should the gathering of Israel seem inconceivable when it is God who is doing it?  Is this too hard for him?  “With God, all things are possible.”  Matthew 19:26

         Women tell me all the time that their situation is hopeless and their problem un-solvable.  “It’s always been this way,” is their defense.  The path of hopelessness is not the path for the believer!  Just because something has been broken, or someone has been alienated, or a marriage has been excruciating, is no grounds for unbelief.  How can any of us pick up our face out of the dust and look up with eyes of faith?  By standing on the promises of the Word of God and reviewing His track record.

         The man at the pool of Bethesda had been crippled for 38 years.  The Israelites had been slaves in Egypt for 400 years.  The Jews have been blind to Jesus for 2000 years.  Lazarus had been dead in a tomb for 4 days and had already started decomposing.  These obstacles are nothing to God.  One mere breath from His mouth puts flesh on skeletons.  One command of Jesus brings a dead man out of the tomb.

         Where do you smell death today?  Where has it become a way of life; a comfortable mindset that embraces despair like an old friend?  The Word of God is a sword that cuts through deception and unbelief.  Repentance breaks the power of it over my life.  Standing on the promises and character of God, out loud, will begin to infuse my soul with well-founded hope.  The God who will one day bring a spiritually dead nation to new life is still invested in that which I have dismissed.

It’s time to hear the call of Jesus on the other side of the tomb.  “Come out!  Step into the light where resurrection power is the norm and where hopelessness is banished.”

Someone I love hasn’t yet been fully transformed by your love.  I’m waiting, but not without hope.  I put their name in scripture and make these my prayers.  I praise You.  You are the God of the new-birth. Amen