God's Preference is The Impossible

In the exodus, one mighty act followed another. The story goes like this: Combine the most powerful king in the known world, slaves who stood no chance of successful insurrection because all they knew was slavery, and oppression that was getting worse. You now have the perfect ingredients for God’s decisive act of deliverance. It was the event on which God staked his reputation until it was superseded by an even more cosmic deliverance through Jesus Christ.

Here is what we learn: God prefers the impossible. Although he often cares for our needs before we know we have them, his mighty acts are showcased best against the backdrop of insurmountable odds. Anything less would detract from his greatness. In this case, all Moses did was stretch out his hand – his empty hand – and watch a mighty deliverance.

–Ed Welch

Recommended books by Ed Welch:

• When People are Big and God is Small
• Running Scared
• Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness 
• Shame Interrupted: How God Lifts the Pain of Worthlessness and Rejection 
• Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave : Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel

 (HT: The Blazing Center)