Called to the Impossible

When Jesus gave the great commission, he was talking to 12 men. 12 ordinary men. It must have sounded like an outrageous assignment! No king, no tyrant ever expected so much of so few. Jesus did. You can know the true Jesus because he demands the impossible. That is how you can identify him. That is Jesus every time, telling you to do what is beyond your natural abilities. Kill Goliath! Be a giant, not a grasshopper! Move Mountains! Be perfect! Walk on waves! Cleanse the lepers! Raise the dead! Teach all nations! Preach the gospel to every creature! The idea of being saddled with the task of the great commission without the power of Pentecost is (in my opinion) ridiculous. Whenever Jesus demands the impossible. He is there—the living Christ—to make it possible. That is the principle of a life with Jesus—all the glory goes to God! Hallelujah!

– Rinehart Bonnke

This devotion reiterates that we are called to the impossible. But there is good news! God doesn’t call us to the impossible and then send us out to fend for ourselves. He is with us. He provides for us. And He enables us to complete the task assigned. We cannot, as the devotion above says, undertake the task of the Great Commission without the power of Pentecost. Speaking of the Holy Spirit, Jesus said it Himself: “I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you” (John 16:7). What Goliath-sized tasks are ahead of you? Lean into the Holy Spirit and step into the impossible.