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Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”   --Mark 10:27 Are you facing an impossible situation in your life right now? Maybe your relationship with your spouse or child seems like it’s damaged beyond repair. Or perhaps you feel like your financial situation will never recover. Or maybe you’re questioning whether your health will ever be the same as it once was. Whatever you may be going through today, let me assure you of this: God delights in using impossible situations like yours to display His power and glory. Today… if you’re in a dead-end, nowhere-to-run, hopeless, impossible, helpless situation… you’re a prime candidate for the power of God to move in your life. Don’t say, “My life, my home, my family, my future is impossible,” because as Jesus says in today’s verse, “All things are possible with God.” Remember the man who Jesus healed at the pool in Bethesda? He had been paralyzed for 38 years! Nothing anyone had done in all that time had helped this poor, crippled man. Can you imagine the feelings of despair and hopelessness that this man must have struggled with all that time? Yet in Jesus’ divine and perfect plan, He chose to do something powerful and wonderful in this man’s life. And He can do the same in yours! In the midst of hopeless situations, there’s nothing that would please the evil one more than for you to throw up your hands in despair… for you to say, “That’s it, I quit!” But remember what Galatians 6:9 says: “Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” No matter what you may be going through today, please don’t grow weary. Please don’t give up. Wait on the Lord… and remember that all things… even the most hopeless things… are possible with God! If you’re in a hopeless situation today, you’re a prime candidate for the power of God to move in your life!

The Voice of Authority

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?”
Luke 20:1–2
We are most familiar with the United States Supreme Court as an appellate body, hearing cases from lower courts and rendering a legal judgment that settles the matter. But under Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution, they also have original jurisdiction over certain cases, being the first (and last) court that hears the arguments. These cases are rare and generally involve disputes between two states. Most of those have been over boundary disputes or water rights. Whatever the Supreme Court says is the final decision—there is no appeal possible because of the authority they have been granted by the Constitution.
The Supreme Court may have the final authority on legal matters in America, but its authority pales in comparison to the ultimate authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. His authority is complete and unbounded, rising above all human power. “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18). The Saviour does not need permission from anyone regarding anything that He wills or commands. He has the ultimate authority, and when He speaks, He is to be obeyed.
Jesus Christ is not only the ultimate authority, He is the ultimate judge. “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom” (2 Timothy 4:1). Realizing that we will one day give an account to the Lord who knows not just our actions but our very thoughts should motivate us to live in obedience to all that He says.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

There is no appeal from the authority of Jesus Christ—it is complete and final.