The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

SICK OF THE PALSY 119
big and grand a thing for you — you like
some other
things too well, or you are weak of purpose, or your
unchristian habits are too firmly fixed, or your
surroundings and companionships make it impossible.
You might as well try to ascend on wings as become
a follower of Christ, and a witness for Christ in the
place where you live and work. That is what you
say. The thing cannot be done. It is impossible.
But that impossible is a cowardly word, and a stupid,
illogical word too, if you have never earnestly made
the attempt. Try with all your hearts ; try, with
many a prayer for help on your lips ; try for at least
a few weeks, and not just for an hour or a day.
And
then, if you fail, it will be because God's promises
have failed, and you may then honestly write the
word impossible. But give God a chance. He will
not let you fail. The strength comes when it is
needed. He does not give it until it is needed. If
you resolve on the Christian life, it will be made
possible for you, for you will not carry into it just
your own weak will and feeble human resources ;
you
will carry some of His omnipotence with you. He
says : Get
up, stand upon your feet, walk as the
children of light ; and as soon as you begin to obey
the word, the help comes which makes the thing
possible.
There is the whole story of the Christian life told
in the experience of that paralytic,