The Lord is powerful. The Lord is good. The Lord is faithful and worthy, and the list could go on forever. I cannot describe the greatness of His name or His character. But one thing I can say, is that He needs no disclaimers. He needs no ifs. His covenants are always true. We may think that things are conditional, but the Lord's love is unconditional and His character never changes. This is what the Lord has been teaching me.

Life often seems to be based on circumstances, but God is bigger than this. When God made His promises to us He knew what tomorrow held! Nothing surprises Him and He is above all and in all. Do I understand bad things? No. Do I think that He causes evil things to happen? No. But I do know that He sees and knows and is continually there for us.

I look at people like Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (also known as Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego). In Daniel 3 we read about their experience in the fiery furnace. They did not conditionally serve God. They did not say that if the Lord delivered them they would serve Him. They knew that the Lord made no disclaimers on His promises, and therefore they had no disclaimers in their lives. They did not know His plan, but they knew  His heart. Therefore, they replied to the threat of the furnace, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up." And God met them in this place and delivered them for His glory.

I examine the finite understanding that man has of God in the book of Mark in the tenth chapter. Here I see that the disciples could not grasp the magnitude of Christ. After addressing the rich young man, this is what Jesus said, ‘"How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!' And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ‘Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.' And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, ‘Then who can be saved?' Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.'" God knows how hard things are. He realizes that the things He desires for us are impossible if we are apart from Him, and yet He beckons us anyway. Why? How? For His glory and by His power. Nothing is impossible for God, no fine print needed. It is simple and it is true.

We each have a calling on our life. We each have a name, an identity in the Lord. There are mountains in our path and dreams that are bigger than us, and God has called us here. He knows that we can't do it, I think that is why He has brought us here. He asks us for faith, for faith to Claim this for Him, for faith to walk in who we are and testify to who He is.

The Lord selected and gifted individuals in order to construct His tabernacle as recorded in Exodus. These passages have comforted and challenged me in new ways. In Exodus 35:30-35 it says, "Then Moses said to the people of Israel,'See the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, in cutting stones for settings, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft. And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver--by any sort of workman or skilled designer." You see, God asks us to do things that are beyond ourselves, but He also equips us to do these things. The pressure is not on us. By faith we walk in His calling, and in humility we walk without disclaimers.

I was recently convicted of the disclaimers that I speak about my life. The Lord told me a long time ago that I was His beloved physician. He told me that I was to pursue medicine and that this was part of what He made me for. He gave me details and left some things up to faith. However, when I speak with those around me, I place disclaimers on my life. I often say, "If I get into medical school," or, "I am working hard and hope to...". These would be o.k. statements if the Lord had not spoken clearly to me in this area. But He has. Therefore, my attitude should be, "By His grace when I get into medical school..." and "With His help I work hard to pursue His calling". You see nothing is impossible for Him. I pray that I grasp this and walk in it, and I pray that you also will receive His dreams for your life and dare to allow Him to do the impossible through you!

Join me in praising the Living God who delights in making the impossible possible!