Doing the Impossible

I attended perhaps the strangest football game I have ever seen on Saturday. Ohio State hosted the Badgers of Wisconsin and the game was anything but ordinary.

During the game, the Buckeyes had the ball for 17 minutes versus 43 minutes for Wisconsin--normally indicating a Wisconsin blowout win. The Buckeyes gained a total of 184 yards to 368 for Wisconsin--typically indicating a Wisconsin victory. Ohio State ran 40 plays from scrimmage to 89 for Wisconsin--again, normally indicative of a Wisconsin win.

Prior to this game, I would have told you it was absolutely impossible for Ohio State to win with statistics like these. However, Ohio State won the game 31-13. How did they do it? They scored two touchdowns on defense (both interceptions returned for touchdowns) and they returned a kickoff for a touchdown. In fact, of the 44 total points, only one touchdown was scored from an offensive set (Wisconsin's touchdown came on a fake field goal).

Quite an unusual game. Very similar to life.

The Bible is chock-full of stories where God used individuals who you and I probably would have passed over. For instance, He picked Moses who could not talk very well to lead the Israelites out of bondage. We would have said it was impossible for Moses to complete the task at hand. He also showed up at times when things looked hopeless like when He parted the Red Sea to help the Israelites. Again, we would have said this was impossible.

He does the same today.

So, if you are facing a seemingly impossible challenge or if you are feeling too small for the task at hand, remember, that is when God shows up!

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

1 Corinthians 1:27