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Miracles continued
• R E V E L AT I O N 3 :8 | “I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no
one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me.”
Start by doing what you can to the best of your abilities. God promises he won’t abandon you but will help you in your impossible situations. If he wants a task done, he will
enable you to do it! When you live by God’s principles, you remain in the shadow of his
helping arms.
• DA NI E L 2 :1 1 , 2 7 -2 8 | The king’s demand is impossible. . . . [Then] Daniel replied, “There
are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king’s secret.
But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar
what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as
you lay on your bed.”
Only God can do the impossible, but he often allows you to be involved in the process. Be
open and ready to be used to accomplish whatever God has in mind!
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• 1 S A MU E L 1 7 :3 3 -5 0 | “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight
this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his
youth.”. . . [David] picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his
shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across
the valley to fight the Philistine. . . . “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I
come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.” . . . As Goliath moved closer to
attack, David quickly ran out to meet him. Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking
out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank
in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground. So David triumphed over the
Philistine with only a sling and a stone.
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• JOHN 6:5-11 | Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to
Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” . . . Philip replied, “Even
if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!” Then Andrew, Simon
Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But
what good is that with this huge crowd?” “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all
sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the
loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same
with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.
In each of these situations, God’s people had to deal with seemingly impossible people.
These situations had some things in common: (1) open communication with God by
acknowledging the impossible and (2) obedience to God’s response, whether it meant
waiting or moving forward. God often uses what he has already given us to accomplish
the impossible. In the previously mentioned situations, he used an ability to discern
dreams, a slingshot, and a small lunch.
How does God use impossible situations to accomplish his will?
• NU MB E R S 1 1 :2 3 | Then the Lord said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will
see whether or not my word comes true!”
• H E B R E W S 1 0 :2 3 | Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can
be trusted to keep his promise.
God does the impossible to remind you he is God and you are not. When you have seen
God do the impossible in the past, you can trust him more fully with your future.
• E X O DU S 1 0 :1 | Then the Lord said to Moses, “Return to Pharaoh and make your demands
again. I have made him and his officials stubborn so I can display my miraculous signs
among them.”
• PSA L M 8 6 :8 , 1 0 | No pagan god is like you, O Lord. None can do what you do! . . . For you
are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God.
God does the impossible to display his character and unlimited power.
• PSA L M 6 6 :5 | Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs
for people!