When it comes to knowing specifics about obstacles, impossibility looms for the natural man.

In the Church we find men and women like the New Testament character Philip, who are inclined to reason whether God can do the thing He tells His people to do. In the book "Faith Beyond Reason" author A.W. Tozer describes Philip:

"Here in the New Testament was Philip the Calculator—Philip the Mathematician, Philip the Clerk. There was need for a miracle, and Philip set out to calculate the odds. Probably every Christian group has at least one person with a calculator. I have sat on boards for many years, and rarely is there a board without a Philip the Calculator among its members. When you suggest something, out comes the calculator to prove that it cannot be done...."

People like Philip — with a negative, questioning mindset — are dangerous for any Church.

As believers, we must live with the mind of the King — the faithful belief that God can do anything, even the impossible by human standards.

Our role is to choose to have His mind over anything else.

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