1577 Here I Am

God can blow your mind … but first your mind must be available for him to blow. God wants to show up and do the impossible on your behalf, but dang girl you’ve been so distracted and busy that’s he’s having a hard time getting your attention! He’s been over here doing miraculous works for you, but you’re not seeing it because you’re over there wallowing in what you should have moved on from a long time ago.

God says it’s POSSIBLE, so why does it still seem IMPOSSIBLE for you?

Really, why are you still stuck here? Why is a girl like you with a God like him still struggling with this same old crap? It’s so frustrating to know our potential but be held back by our problems. It’s so discouraging to know his promises but dwell in our poverty. Oh yes, poverty. I’m not just talking about money, I’m talking about the poverty of our thoughts. The poverty of our relationships. The poverty of our decisions. The poverty of our follow-through. It’s so poor when we were created for so much more.

How do we overcome our own poverty? How do we dwell in the richness for which we were created? Rich in joy, rich in progress, rich in impact, rich in fulfillment, rich in relationships. How do we live our lives in what God says is POSSIBLE over what our poverty stricken mind says is probable.

Yes, we have a poverty stricken mind. We continually tell ourselves it can’t happen for us. We can’t overcome this struggle. We can’t breakthrough this bondage. It can’t change for us because it’s just the way it’s always been for our people. It’s how I’ve always been, so it’s how I’ll always be. We settle in to the story we tell, and it’s a sad, sad story. I’m not a morning person, so I’ll never wake up on time and happy. I’m hot headed, so I’ll always blow up. I’m impulsive and my impulses will always get the best of me. I’m a snacker, so snacks will keep me chubby. I’m lazy, so I’m never going to fulfill a physical commitment. I’m a good starter but a sucky finisher, so I know I won’t finish this either. I lack self-control, so I’ll always spin out of control.

THAT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE YOUR STORY. That’s not the story God wrote for you. God wrote a story of a girl he created for good works and perfectly equipped to do it. God wrote a story of a girl he set apart, hand selected, and started a good thing within her, then plans to use all the days of her life to complete that good thing. God wrote a story of a girl who can overcome the impossible because of his spirit living within her. And that’s exactly what he intended for his girl to be doing!

I’m continually drawn back to the stories in the bible that tell us of ordinary people stepping into the impossible made possible by God. The story of Noah saving his family and every species of animal by building the ark in the middle of a drought. The story of Moses standing on the shore of the Red Sea, putting his staff in the water and witnessing the water part to create a dry path through. The story of Joshua following the most ridiculous marching orders around a city for 7 days knowing the walls would fall and victory would be theirs. Peter sitting in his boat frustrated after a night of fishing and catching nothing, throwing out his net one more time just because Jesus told him to, then hauling in a catch so big it nearly sank his boat.

How did they get to experience these miraculous works of God? How did they get to be the recipients of the impossible works being made possible by God?

Listen closely because it’s the same thing that will allow you to experience ...