Nothing Is Impossible With God!

I wrote a post several months ago titled “Abraham Did It, So Can I” In that post I described the beginning of a new journey that I felt the Lord had directed me to embark upon. What a beginning it was my friends. I know that without God I never could have made it through those first weeks. The tests and trials associated with the beginning of my journey were impossible for me to overcome without the Lord’s help. He guided me and strengthened me as I traveled through the storms raging around me.

Since those not so humble beginnings the hardships have continued. One after another, time and time again, they fell upon me like a monsterous force that would not relent. I have experienced every kind of attack, discouragement and distraction that could possibly be thrown at a person. It is amazing to me when I think back over the last five months. How did I make it to where I am now? How will I make it through what lies ahead? The only answer I can truthfully give is that the Lord is responsible for whatever measure of success I have had or will have in the future.

Luke 1:37 “For Nothing Is Impossible With God.” God has been there for me through ever step I have taken. He has been right beside me the whole way. He has gone before me throughout this amazing journey making preparations for my needs before they were even known to me. He has been there to pick me up again when I have buckled under the strain and fallen flat on my face!

Did that make the journey easy for me? No! Not at all. The past several months have been some of the hardest I have ever experienced. I have been on my knees many times, ready to give up, during this journey. I have cried out to God so many times that I am amazed He hasn’t gotten tired of hearing from me. But isn’t that the beauty of our God? He never gets tired of being there for us. He is always happy to hear our prayers and delights in answering them. Does that mean He has answered my prayers as I have asked Him to….No! However He has answered them as they needed to be answered! Praise His name for that!

Psalm 18:1-2

1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.

 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
       my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
       He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

God has been my strength when I had no strength left in me! He has been my firm foundation providing me the support I needed when everything around me was crumbling! He has been my fortress, my place of security, when the enemy was attacking on every side! He has released me from the bondage of my fears and set me free to soar on wings like eagles! He has shielded me from destruction and He has been my only shelter when the storms raged beyond what I could bare alone! He has been my symbol of strength that gave me hope when no hope could be found in the day! He is everything to me and nothing in this world could replace Him!!! Who would I be without the Lord? Where would I be without the Lord? What would become of me without my God and Savior? The answer is simple… I would be lost, in darkness and despair, without hope of rescue!

I want to praise God for everything He has done for me! I want everyone who reads this to know that I would have failed long ago without His help, love and guidance. He is the only reason I am still here struggling forward on this seemingly impossible journey. He is my hero, my counselor, my friend, my Father! He alone has brought me through to the other side of the storms that have raged in my life! He alone will bring me through any future tempests that await me! He alone will shelter me from the storms that life may throw my way! He is everythng that is worth mentioning in my life! He provides whatever joy there is to be found along this rough and tumultuous path that I tread. Praise Him for His love. His never endind love. I don’t deserve it. I can do nothig to earn it. It is given to me freely because “God is love.”

Psalm 18:6

In my distress I called to the LORD; 
     I cried to my God for help. 
     From his temple he heard my voice; 
     my cry came before him, into his ears.

Father I thank you for your love that you have given me without cause. I thank you for the things you have done for me throughout my life. The times you have saved me when I deserved to be left to my own rewards. I thank you for the gift of salvation that you presented to me and the rest of this lost and dying world by way of your Son Jesus Christ. I thank you for your Holy Spirit who comforts me when I can find no comfort elsewhere! I ask you to forgive me of my weakness which leads me to sin against you by losing faith, losing focus, and allowing the events around me to weaken my resolve. I thank you Lord for picking me up everytime I fall. I praise your name for the shelter you provide me when I am beaten and battered by the storms of life! I am so grateful to you for not turning away from me in my times of need. You know I don’t deserve your love or your help and yet you give both freely. Over and over you have rescued me from myself and have put my feet back on solid ground when I became mired in the turmoil that is life! Thank you God, thank you Jesus, Thank you Holy Spirit!!