I'm wondering if or how many of us would testify to the fact that at some point in your life,

in the past, you have faced an impossible situation and you looked at that situation and

you said it's impossible. There is no way out of this. And then you look back a little while later,

and by God's grace and his power and his strength, you have crossed that river of impossibility.

And then you look back and you say, God did it. How many of you remember that, exam, that you

thought you'll never pass, or that loss

that you thought you could never get over, or that illness that you thought you will never be

able to overcome, or that betrayal from which you thought you will never be able to overcome, or that betrayal from which you thought you will never

be able to recover, or that deep anguish that you thought is going to undo you, or that family

crisis that you thought is going to crush you and crush everything that is near and dear to you,

or the swirling water of the river of false criticism and false accusations

that you thought they were about to drown you and destroy you.

But then God came into your life and

supernaturally got you across the swelling waters. The rivers of impossibilities in our

lives can do one of two things. They can either destroy us or they can strengthen us.

Some people, of course, break under the strain. But then there are others who would say, this is God's opportunity to manifest his power in my life. Some people drown

in these rivers of impossibilities, but others see them as means

by which they can swim upstream. Some people cave to these rivers of impossibilities,

but then others say, what a great opportunity for me to witness to the power of God working in my life.

What a great opportunity to tell my coworkers and my neighbors and my friends and my schoolmates

about the power of God working in me. It is often said that the difference between a live wire

and a dead one is a connection.

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