A few years ago a need arose in my church for someone to run a service, including giving the sermon. I had never done anything like it. I was shy, I stumbled over my words, I blushed and I was just not into the public speaking thing. It was an impossible task.
Jesus asked the disciples to find food to feed thousands of people. It wasn’t like they could pop down to the local shops and buy supplies. They didn’t have enough food, they didn’t have enough money, and they didn’t have enough time to mess around because the people were hungry now. It was an impossible task.
But nothing is impossible with God.
I put pen to paper and then God gave me the words. God gave me the courage to stand in front of the entire congregation. It wasn’t
my strength or
my steady voice. That was all God. I only listened, trusted and obeyed.
The disciples listened to Jesus and obeyed him. They found a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish. It was Jesus who did the impossible and made the food plentiful enough to go around.
God doesn’t ask us to do the impossible, He asks us to listen, trust, and obey.