Nothing is Impossible

"For nothing is impossible with God."- Luke 1:37

     I just started a reading plan on Youversion today that they have for Christmas. This is the verse for today that really spoke to me. We see this time and time again through Scripture, and it is amazing. One example is God's promise to Abraham. In Genesis 12:2, God said, "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing." Well making Abraham into a great nation was going to be kind of tough (through Abraham's eyes) because his wife, Sarah, was barren. In Genesis 18:12 it says that Sarah laughed when she was told that she was going to have a son. She didn't believe that it was going to happen because she was about 90 years old, and yet it happened. Abraham's people became as numerous as the stars in the sky. What is even more amazing is that God also told Abraham that the nations would be blessed through him. While Abraham and his wife were both sitting there laughing because they didn't believe what God had told them, God had engineered an amazing plan to bless the nations through Abraham by sending Jesus 2,000 years later as a descendant of Abraham.

     And of course the reason that this verse is even where it is... JESUS WAS BORN TO A VIRGIN... nuff said. After that He changed water into wine. He made the blind see. He made the lame walk. He cured the lepers. He fed 5,000. He walked on water. He calmed the storm. He arose from the dead. Jesus says in John 14:10, "Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing His work." What is amazing is that, yes Jesus does all of these things, but He only did them with the help of God. That is amazing.

     There are many Biblical examples of this, and I encourage you to read about them, but here are some things that have happened recently that prove this. One of my friends and his family found out 10 months ago that my friend's dad had colon cancer. Not only was that a scare, but it was stage 4 colon cancer. That is like the worst of the worst. My mom got a call saying that we need a miracle for him to make it. I like to see things in numbers, so I looked up the survival rate of this cancer not too long ago. For stage 4 colon cancer, the survival rate is 6%. We did need a miracle. Just a week or two ago, we got a call saying that, through the power of prayer, my friend's dad is in remission. 10 months ago he had a 6% chance of survival, and now he is in remission. I think that is just amazing.

     Another example that is happening once a week is Tim Tebow. You may be tired of hearing about him, but I can't get enough of it. It is amazing what he is doing. With the help of God, Tim Tebow has defied the odds and has taken a 1-4 team and put them at the head of the AFC West (now 8-5). Most of those wins have been comebacks in the fourth quarter, or in overtime. Like I said earlier, I like numbers, and the odds of this happening are a mere 0.0007%. That is amazing.

With God, we can defy the odds, but we have to completely rely on Him.