Five minute write with Kate Motoung.
POSSIBLE
Are all things possible? Through Christ all things are possible, at least the things he wills. In our lives that should be our hope and our desire, that what God wills, the plans He has for us are possible. I have been rereading the story of Joseph, being in a situation where I feel stuck and struggle with my emotions, I was captured by the words, “The Lord was with Joseph giving him Success in everything he did” (Genesis 39:3). Many times through his story these words are written, “The Lord was with Joseph, and caused him to succeed.”
So often we think, if I work hard enough, if I study hard enough, if I, I, I…
We make it about us yet here in Joseph’s story we see that the LORD caused Joseph to succeed. Was Joseph trained in what Potiphar had him do? No, he arrived as the favored son of Israel, sold into slavery. He was a slave to Potiphar, so Joseph did what he was told, he did all that Potiphar told him to. Potiphar saw that the Lord was with him, it was the Lord who made Joseph favored, and it was the Lord who caused him to succeed. It had nothing to do with Joseph, it had everything to do with the Lord’s plans. Joseph had to let go of the dreams he had and follow the Lord into the hard places of refinement. His success was possible through the Lord but in no other way, because in the end it is only when the Lord chooses one to be successful that one will succeed. We need to be open to following the Lord’s will and plan for our lives, even into the hard places where the mountains stay, the pain continues, the poverty never ends, because in the end only in Christ is anything of value possible.
So through this rereading slowly through the life of Joseph, I must ask myself, am I willing to risk and do what I believe God is asking me to, believing he will cause me success because it is through him that I can do it. Do I believe that all things are possible through him, even this thing that seems too big and impossible?
POSSIBLE, all things are possible, through Christ who strengthens me.
An Adventurous Life 
I really enjoyed this encouragement!! Thanks!! Deirdre FMF #12
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Indeed all things are possible with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit!
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Joseph is a great example of POSSIBLE.
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So often I will snap at God,
“I’ll do this by myself!”,
and with a logic badly flawed
place Him on the shelf
and in my heedless mad conceit
run straight into trouble,
then pull back, and then repeat
so I’ve just made it double.
And after that I hang my head,
for I have been a jerk.
“God, please take the lead, instead,
and I will let You work
to find the path that is the best,
and give my dimwit heart a rest.”
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So true isn’t it for all people we are the same
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Thank you for your lesson about Joseph. The Lord was reflected in him, The Lord is reflected in us by his will. Ohhh, the possibilities are endless with God. Thank you for your encouraging words. Blessings.
Visiting from FMF#3
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