A Closer Walk
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try," Alexander the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. This Alexander conquered most of the known world of his day. In doing so he spread the Greek language throughout all the places he conquered. He also spread an Hellenistic viewpoint along with the Greek language. He became King of Macedon at age twenty upon the death of his father King Phillip 2 of Macedon. The area of ancient Macedon is a part of modern day Greece, and is located up in the northern part of the country.
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, 'I'm possible,'" Audrey Hepburn, 1929-1993, Belgium born actress of international acclaim. She starred opposite some of the biggest male stars of her day including Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Gregory Peck, Carey Grant, and others. Nothing is impossible. The word itself says "I'm possible." So why is it so easy for us to believe that something is impossible for us, and for our God? If our goal is to play professional basketball we must understand that certain physical characteristics and talents are needed to accomplish that. However, if we change the goal to work in an NBA franchise organization then "making the roster," so to speak, becomes much more achievable. For each professional team has employment opportunities within the organization that are attainable without being on the court or the field, so to speak.
"I am not more gifted than the average human being. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up on a problem until I have found the proper solution. This is one of my greatest satisfactions in life--solving problems--and the harder they are, the more satisfaction I get out of them...you see that it is not a matter of being more gifted but a matter of being more curious and maybe more patient until you solve a problem," Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. (Sourced from Wikipedia) Mr. Einstein states flatly that he was no more gifted than the average human being. But he believed he was more patient and more curious than the average human being. He was willing to stay with a problem until he found its proper solution. Notice his use of the word proper. Not just any solution to a problem. But a proper solution, and there definitely seems to be a difference between those two types of solutions.
What does this mean for us as children of God? "Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since Thou hast spoken to Thy servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue. And the LORD said to him, 'Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say. But he said, 'Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever Thou wilt,'" Exodus 4:10-13 NASB.
So what was God telling Moses through this particular response to Moses' questioning? He had been commissioned by God to lead the nation of Israel out of their slavery in Egypt. And he questioned how he was going to do this. The Lord was instructing him that whatever he had in the way of speech, gifts, or talents would be enough to accomplish what our God was calling him to do. It is the same with us. Whatever task may lie before us we likely already possess what we need to carry it out. Otherwise our Lord would be providing some sort of training or equipping for us. Along with that we understand that it is okay to question our Lord as to the best way to go about being obedient to His direction for us. In addition, the Lord told him that God Himself would be with him and make up the difference in whatever Moses may have been lacking.
So we can rest assured that if our God calls us or instructs us to do something, he knows we already have what we need to be obedient. Amen?