Mission Impossible

Duh, Duh, duhduh. Duh Duh, duhduhduhduh. Da na na, Da da na na…. (Theme to Mission Impossible: The series_)

"Your mission, Christian, should you decide to accept it, is realize nothing is impossible with God. As usual, should you or any member of your faith experience rapture or get killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence( but not the Boss). This blog will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Christian."
“What is impossible with men is possible with God.” Matthew 18:27

I don’t know if you have attempted the impossible for yourselves? …… I know it’s hard, but we can still attempt the impossible things— if it is for God. Most of us have seen God accomplish the impossible. Whether it is saving the hardest heart, delivering someone from the grasp of death disease or supernaturally protecting us from a natural disaster, God continues to show us that if we are faithful to him then He will be faithful to us.

The children of Israel entering the Promised Land went and conquered the town of Jericho. In Joshua chapter 6 we see the impossible take place.

Vs. 1 and 2: Jericho was a formidable city which had closed its walls and gates to the people of Israel. Jericho must have looked to Joshua like an “impossible” enemy. God promised, however, “I have given into your hand, Jericho, its king, and the mighty men of valor.”

(The wall of Jericho was 5 feet thick and 12 –17 feet high and created from stone. The city sat on 6 acres of land. Ref: Associates for Biblical Research)

I could just finish this writing right here. If God says it, that settles it! Now we have to believe it! He wouldn’t give us anything HE calls us to unless were ready for it. God knows, even if we don’t think so, that we have the spiritual ability to accomplish the task.

1 Corinthians 10:13: “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

When faced with an overwhelming task such as overcoming a cities walls without firing a single offensive weapon; it is imperative that we trust the one directing us for his knowledge of the victory already won. Imperative! I like this word, gives me the masculine chills with a few grunts included.

What’s so cool about Vs. 2 is God told Joshua that he had already delivered the city to him and the children of Israel. Done Deal! No sweat! Get on with it Joshua and get over it! Pardon me, I’m really getting into this now. There is some more Guy grunting and praying coming.

Okay, so God’s order was pretty unusual, just look what happened next:

In Vs. 3 thru 11, God tells them to Encompass the city for six days, blow horns, shout and march. Pretty militarily crazy, huh! Having been in the Military, this would not a standard plan of attack, not in the least. But then again, if this were a normal attack then how could God get the glory?

So here’s the plan:
Go around the city six times, marching and preparing. The spiritual number for man by the way is , 6. This marching and preparation is a symbol of prayer and meditation. Pretty good idea if you ask me while doing what the Lord asks.

Matthew 21:22: “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.”

General Joshua never questioned God’s directive, he simply passed the information to those affected and followed through with the plan. “Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends.” Faith is the belief in God’s ability to accomplish the impossible.

Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

When God has tasked us with a specific ministry, we must claim the task as our own for God has already made it possible for us to accomplish the thing we are called to do. God has given us a mission; he will meet us at the mission but we must be willing to go ourselves.

We can overcome, as the children of Israel did, because we claim what God has already given us as our own through faith.


The seventh day is the day of victory


This Impossible mission from God has three instructive points:
1. If God says it, that settles it… consider it DONE!
2. Before and during this mission! … Surround it with PRAYER!
3. Walk on Faith… CLAIM IT!