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What do you do when it’s over?

Not when it’s hard.
Not when it’s uncertain.
Not when things could still work out.

What do you do when it’s OVER?

When the divorce papers are signed.
When the prodigal still hasn’t come home.
When the doctor’s report confirms your worst fear.
When the bank account is empty.
When the addiction wins again.
When what was already bad somehow gets worse.

What do you do when you’ve prayed, believed, hoped, waited, and fought … and the situation is now lying in a grave of impossibility? Because if we’re honest, every one of us will face something that feels dead.

A dead dream.
A dead relationship.
A dead opportunity.
A dead hope.
A dead part of ourselves.

Life happens. Hell attacks. Hearts break. And there are moments when we simply cannot see a way forward.

Maybe that’s where you are today. Maybe you’ve reached the place where you’ve stopped asking, “How will God do it?” and you’ve started wondering, “CAN God do it at all?”

If so, I want to remind you of something that has never changed: Our God is not stopped by the grave.

The grave is where human ability ends, but it is not where God’s power ends. In fact, throughout Scripture, God has a habit of showing up where things appear most hopeless.

When Sarah’s womb was too old.
When Israel was trapped at the Red Sea.
When Ezekiel stood in a valley of dry bones.
When Lazarus had been dead four days.
When Jesus Himself was placed in a tomb.

Again and again, God steps into situations everyone else has declared finished. Because what is impossible with man has never been impossible with God.

Matthew 19:26 says: “With God all things are possible.” And hidden inside that one sentence are three life-changing truths.

With God.

All things.

Are possible.

1. With God. Not without him, but with him.
Whatever you’re going through, are you going through this WITH God? Or are you trying to do this on your own? Are you pushing through with your own strength, looking for your own answers? Are you relying on someone else, but that someone else isn’t God? You will fail and so will everyone else. This is ONLY WITH GOD.

So, how do you do this WITH GOD? You seek him. You talk to him. You read his word. You fill your life with nothing but God, then every area of your life is under his power. I’m talking about the music you listen to, the friends you talk to, the books you read, the things you watch.

Have you heard that song, “Dusty Bibles”? It says:

We got dust on our Bibles, brand-new iPhones
No wonder why we feel this way
We walk with our eyes closed, blind leading blind folks
And I’m done with those idols and dusty Bibles

Is there dust on your Bible? Yeah – no wonder why you feel this way. You’ve been trying to do this with WITHOUT God, and my friend, it simply won’t work.

Looking back on my own journey, I realize just how patient the Lord has been with me. I tried to do this without him for so many years. I even used him to make my things grow. But it wasn’t about him, it wasn’t for him, and it wasn’t really with him. And yet, he allowed me to do it my own way. He didn’t strike me with lightening. He didn’t even publicly shame me. But what he did do, is he allowed me to create my own messes and struggle. And through his gracious allowance of struggle, I finally came to realize I don’t even WANT to do this without him.

Is that where you are? Are you finally seeing through God’s gracious allowance of messes and struggles that you no longer want to do this on your own? Are you finally at the point of surrender in your life where you’re truly praying, “God, if you’re in it, I want it … but if you’re not, I don’t.”

Yes, girl, this is learning to do life WITH GOD. And with God, ALL THINGS …

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