Not all that Hard....

Ever had to do something that you thought was impossible? 

Ever seen something and said to yourself: “There is no way I could ever do that!”?

Something like this is going on in my house right now as I type this. 

One of my daughters, is trying to do something but to no avail. Its just not working, and she is getting frustrated and wants to walk away from it all. (Full Disclosure, we have asked her to walk away from it for a while too.)

Sometimes we have a habit of biting off more than we can chew. We see that big project and tell ourselves that we can do it, when in reality, we have no hope of ever getting it done. It's nothing personal, its just the fact that it’s just over our heads. 

Don’t ask me to put steel roofing on a house, I wont be able to do it. Don’t ask me to run a marathon, I can barely make it out of my driveway.  But ask me to write a sermon and preach it, then I’m your man, it is something that we can do 

There are some things in life that are hard, difficult, or down right impossible for us to do. 

Salvation isn't one of them. 

Before, you pick up that stone, read these words from Paul as found in Romans 3:

“20 For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

21 But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. 22 We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.

23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. 25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.” (NLT2)

Coming to faith in Jesus is hard, but its not difficult. It’s as simple— and as difficult- as placing our hope, trust— entire life— in the hands of Jesus.

God has done the impossible for us; He made the way to Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. 

Just as all roads do not lead to Rome, there are not several ways to get to God. There is only way. Jesus. 

The difficult part is when we make it difficult. We think we have to do A, then B and then C, and then divide D by B and then multiply that by F and then we’re good… 

That is simply not true. Jesus has done everything in His power to get us to God. The Only thing He hasn't done, and will never do, is break into our hearts and make the decision for us. That is something we have to do on our own. 

Its difficult, yes, but not impossible. 

Its difficult because we have to come to the end of ourselves, we have to admit that we are sinners, and that left on our own, we will never ever get to — or see God. 

But thanks to Jesus, we can be made right with God through faith in Jesus.

So, while your job today might be hard, or almost impossible, I want you to know that coming to Jesus isn't one of those things. And that is good news.