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Scripture
Jesus said, “If? There are no ‘ifs’ among believers. Anything can happen.” Mark 9:23 (The Message)

Observation
Heaven is allergic to doubt, for God lives in a place where everything is possible. This extreme divine permission is quite impossible for us to imagine, for we live in a world where so many things can’t happen. But in heaven, anything is a possibility.

I imagine the presence of God to be a joyful sphere, with bright smiles and joyful anticipation. Our critical earthly eye would call the people there simplistic. But in heaven they are only realists.  Gravity, entropy, sickness, debt, defeat, shame and all the rest do not enter anyone’s mind. Instead, each worshipper is captivated with the Creator and his endless possibilities.   The angels and saints stand on tip toe to see what God will do next.

When we pray in the name of Jesus, we poke our head out of the smog of our world and through the clouds of heaven to enter a realm of possibility. Bringing the word “can’t” into heaven, is like tracking mud into the house. Leave doubt out-of-doors. Impossibilities have no place where God dwells. Only possibilities are at home there. It is not that everything will happen. That is childish. Rather, it is that anything can happen.

Application
If I am to pray prayers that do not bring an allergic reaction from Jesus, then I must live with a sense of suspenseful anticipation at the possibilities that swirl around the throne of God. I don’t have to cling to all of the human fears when I am with the Lord. I’m free to live with open-handed expectation.  Everything may not happen, but anything can.

Prayer
Father, I have a number of impossibilities that I’ve been faithfully bringing into your presence. I’m not going to stop doing that. But what I will stop doing is trying to out guess how you are going to solve them. Instead, I want to rest my bones weary with gravity, entropy, sickness, debt and all the rest and live in the freedom of possibilities and anticipation. Everything many not happen, but anything can. Amen.