“Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.” – Ezra 7:27
It’s way too easy to think in terms of what’s “impossible”. Ezra’s story is a great reminder that with God, nothing is impossible. Logically, it would seem impossible that a powerful pagan king would care in the slightest about the spiritual condition of a conquered people. Yet, because the spiritual condition of God’s people is always important to God Himself, the Lord moved the king of Persia to action.
The king directed Ezra to go and teach God’s Law to God’s people. The king directed that large sums of money be given for the renewal of God’s Temple. The king directed that God’s work be done for the purposes of God’s kingdom. Can anyone honestly believe that a pagan king just happened to come up with that idea? Absolutely not!
God can work through the powers of the world to accomplish His purposes, even when the situation seems impossible. God can work through people who don’t know Him to accomplish His purposes. There’s no reason for the people of God to ever despair that the work of God is “impossible”. There’s simply no such category as “impossible” when we’re talking about our Living God!
Whatever is going on and whatever obstacles you may face to the work of God’s Kingdom, don’t give up! Pray. Seek the Lord. Trust the Lord. Teach His Word. Do His work. Advance His Kingdom.