Impossible?

"Impossible is a word humans use far too often."

Jeri Ryan

I am old enough to remember John F. Kennedy announcing that the USA would initiate a program to put a man on the moon.  It was clearly an ambitious target and there were many who were sceptical that it could be accomplished.  The results of the project were a tribute to the human spirit and the triumph of human enterprise.  Since the beginning of time there has never been any doubt about the capacity of humanity for accomplishment. It is what was behind the story found in of the Tower of Babel in the eleventh chapter of the book of Genesis.  When the Lord sees the tower that is built he ruminates saying:  'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."  (Genesis 11:6)  It obviously was a concern to God. Why?  Because humanity has often used its capacity to accomplish for evil rather than for good.  There is so much that could be accomplished in this world if we humans would work together.  There is no need for people to live without food, clean water and life changing medicine and yet many do.  There is no need for people to be without shelter, warmth and a decent mattress and yet so many are without these basic needs. There is no need for us to waste good resources on arms and armies and yet we do.  Well it may be because we cannot get past our intrinsic selfish nature.  It is that nature that draws us into using our great human capacity for evil rather than for good.  Thankfully we have a God who is greater than that.

"What is impossible with men is possible with God."  (Luke 18:27)

Come Lord Jesus.