In May of 1940 during World War Two, there were over 300,000 Allied troops awaiting evacuation at Dunkirk when they became trapped by German forces. They were cut off from every direction and were pushed into a pocket on the French coast with no escape route. Churches held a national day of prayer to seek God’s help. Just then, when hope was lost, there was a shift in the weather which caused the normally rough waters of the English Channel to be calm allowing small boats to move back and forth to rescue the soldiers. When the Royal Navy realized they couldn’t get everyone, they put out a call for help. Over 800 civilian vessels joined the rescue mission. Not only that, a dense fog rolled in that grounded German aircraft from attacking. Every solder was rescued. It’s seen more as divine intervention than a military success.
In 2 Kings 7, the Aramean army had besieged Samaria. While they were running out of food, a famine hit the land too. Desperation set in as no help arrived. That’s when Elijah stepped up and told them the next day they would have sufficient food and supplies. The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!” (NLT). That night, the Lord caused the Arameans to hear galloping horses and chariots. They fled in fear, leaving everything behind, thinking the Egyptians were coming to help. Four men found all the supplies, went back to tell the king. The people rushed out to get food. As they did, they trampled over the kings servant making true everything God had promised.
Matthew 19:26 says, “Jesus looked at them intently and said, ‘Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.’” If you’re facing an impossible situation today where there seems to be no possible way, I want to remind you that we serve the God of impossible things. I believe God can change any condition, any outcome or any diagnosis. Impossible is the starting point for God’s intervention. We’ve seen it all throughout the Bible and history. God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. What He did back then, He can still do today. God often moves suddenly in situations where hope is lost. When we’ve done all we can, we need to pray, trust and believe. He doesn’t need time. He just needs a moment. Faith doesn’t look at the odds. It focuses on God who says everything is possible.
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 