God’s Will

    “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible“(Matthew 19:26).

    With God all things are possible, but not always probable.  This means that all things are possible when it is in God’s will for us. People often misquote this verse to try to get the Lord to do what they want to happen. However, that is totally selfish and self-willed.

   Years ago Tom and I went to a funeral home for visitation when a person we knew passed away. Someone said to us, “Let’s pray and raise the person back to life.” That really is a presumptuous statement. One reason is that maybe the person might not want to leave heaven with Jesus, and come back to a life filled with the cares of this world. It would be like graduating from high school, and someone suggesting that the student go back and start, again, as a freshman. Unthinkable!

^“  Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints” (Psalm 116:15).

   Paul longed to go to heaven, but even when his enemies thought they had killed him, and maybe did, God raised him up because his work on earth was not finished.  (Acts 14:19).

   It was the Lord’s will at that time that Paul live, but the day came when they did kill Paul because He had finished the race, and God took him home.  I think it is wise to say, “If the Lord wills, I will do such and such.”

God Bless

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