Impossible

A New Start – Day 22

I have heard it said that God will not give you a situation that is more than you can handle.  That is actually a misquote of a verse that says that you will not be tempted beyond what you can handle.  The reality is that there are situations where you need help.  There are also situations in which only God can help you.  Today I read about a situation (Genesis 14-15) where God needed to help out.  And He did, big time!

The Israelites had fled Egypt and were trapped between the approaching Egyptian army and the sea.  You all know the story – God parted the sea so that the Israelites could escape.  Did you know how much they grumbled against Moses before that happened?  They even resorted to sarcasm, asking if there were not enough graves in Egypt that he had to bring them out there to die.

How do you react when you are given an impossible situation?  Do you throw a pity party?  Do you lash out at anyone around you?  Or, do you do like Moses and turn to God?  I hate getting into impossible situations, but I love it when God makes them work out in ways that only He could imagine!  Let’s hand those situations over to God and follow what He tells us to do to get through them.