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Faith in the "Impossible" Before Breakfast

"One can't believe impossible things," "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast," (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland).

 I will confess to having never read Alice in Wonderland, but I adore this quote. What would happen we chose to believe in the "impossible" for 30 minutes a day? What if you replace the idea of impossibility with the idea of faith? What if for 30 minutes a day you had the faith to believe in the things you hope for? I wonder if you truly did that, if you would find yourself believing more than six "impossible" things before breakfast! 

 My favorite definition of faith comes directly from Hebrews: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen," [11:1]. There are a couple of really strong verbs there. Assurance. Conviction. Ponder those! It doesn't say that faith is wishy-washy or that it is fleeting. Nor is it weak, or an excuse. If someone tells you they "have faith" in an outcome, celebrate that! Pray for that to continue for them! Friends, faith is an assurance. It is an assurance from the Holy Spirit in your heart that those things you hope for, that are placed within you because God put them there, they will happen. There are some conditions there because I am not talking about prosperity gospel here...I am talking about walking with the Lord so that your hopes are His hopes and not just your own. If the things you hope for aren't in alignment with God's will for your life - they're most likely not going to happen! 

 Psalm 37 is one of my favorites: it tells us to "Dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.Delight yourself in the Lord,  and he will give you the desires of your heart." Do you notice what is in those verses...this idea of befriending faithfulness. Of delighting yourself in the Lord - NOT because he's going to magically give you everything you have ever wanted but because when you do those two things (befriend faithfulness and delight in the Lord), the desires that are in your heart are FROM HIM. 

 Those are the "impossible things" I want you to think about for 30 minutes a day. If you don't have things on your heart that you hope for, that you know are there from the Lord, oh friends, spend some time first praying that you learn how to to be friends with faith! Spend some time learning to delight in the Lord if you don't already. The more time you spend with Him, the more you will find your hope changes. Your faith will become assured. But you will always need a daily reminder of that faith. Which is why it is important to try and believe those six "impossible" things before breakfast! 

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