Impossible

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

Arthur C. Clarke

Today's questions: Does truth exist apart from Christianity - meaning do we own the market on truth? Is there really such a thing as the secular world? Don't we all have areas of our life we try to keep God from? When it comes to the worlds assumptions and views of life somehow our faith still comes into play. We may temporarily adopt views of the world that are not Biblical. We often know when something doesn't seem right, we just don't have the answer as to what it could be. Somehow our faith is still there - working it out - trying to wrestle with it. Sometimes we try to ignore the answer when we realize it probably isn't what we want to hear. But God says we all have the truth made known to us.

All of us humans were created in His image. In some way we reflect a part of Him. So no, we don't have to be a Christian to be able to recognize and speak truth, even if we don't recognize it as HIS truth. Think about this quote above. Arthur Clarke is famous for his sci fi stories. Most sci fi writers aren't known for great faith. Wikipedia attributes his view on religion (ANY religion) as not favorable.

Yet his quote is true (mostly - not sure if I would say only). We push our bodies and minds to the limits - and once we achieve them we realize what we thought was impossible was not. Technology and other modern inventions, scientific breakthroughs, human feats of extreme endurance...all these things happen because someone somewhere thought something was impossible and decided to try anyways. We know from countless stories from others - and some of our own lives too - that even failure doesn't mean something is impossible. Failure turns to triumph through perseverance.

Matthew 19:24-26

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Truth can come from unlikely places. God designed us to show it to each other. We need to take the time to evaluate what we see and hear so we can recognize the truth. And when we see truth we should take it to heart and rejoice in it. God gave us a desire to continually grow and learn and have truth revealed to us in new ways. One of those ways is by attempting the impossible and overcoming it. We should be careful to realize that He is the one who gave us those desires and grants us the successes or not. Though we are able to learn and attempt new things, they do not come ultimately from us.