You Are a Possibility

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." Luke 19:10

Jesus had three and a half years to establish a worldwide kingdom.

Think about that for a moment. Three and a half years to do something so far beyond what any human being had ever attempted that it should have been impossible. A handful of ordinary disciples, no infrastructure, no platform, no budget, operating in an occupied territory under a hostile government, and in three and a half years, He was going to lay the foundation for a movement that would reach every nation on earth and outlast every empire that has ever existed.

He didn't have time for interruptions.

And yet the Gospels are full of them. He is constantly, repeatedly, conspicuously interrupted by people who have no appointment, no credentials, no claim on His attention, and no prayer longer than a sentence.

The woman with the issue of blood had been sick for twelve years. She had spent everything she had on doctors and gotten worse. She didn't ask for a meeting. She didn't request a prayer appointment. She pressed through the crowd, reached out, and touched the hem of His garment. One quiet, wordless act of desperate faith. And Jesus stopped mid-stride and said: I felt that. Who touched me?

He stopped His purpose for a possibility.

The lepers cried out from a distance. They weren't even allowed to get close. Lord, have mercy on us. Five words. And He turned and healed them. Blind Bartimaeus called from the roadside, and the crowd tried to shush him, but Jesus stopped the entire procession and said: bring him to me. Little children pushed through the disciples who were trying to protect Jesus's schedule, and He said: leave them alone. I have time for these.

Every single time, the interruption was a short prayer from someone the world had decided didn't matter enough to bother the Master. And every single time, Jesus stopped.

Here is what He was responding to: possibility. Not worthiness. Not credentials. Not the length or sophistication of the prayer. He looked at each of these people and saw something the world had missed, the possibility of what they could become, what could be restored, what could be unleashed in their lives if He turned His attention toward them for a moment.

You are that possibility.

Your family may not see it. Your past may argue against it. The accumulation of failed attempts and broken starts and things that didn't work out the way you planned may have convinced you that you've used up whatever possibility you started with.

But Jesus is still stopping for short prayers from people who have no claim on His attention except their need and their faith. He is still turning toward the one when the crowd is pulling Him toward something else. He still has time.

Call out. He sees the possibility in you.

Reflection:

Write down one thing about yourself or your situation that you've been convinced God doesn't have time for or interest in. Then bring it to Him today in one honest sentence. He stops for possibilities. You are one.

Today's Prayer:

Lord, I have not always felt like a possibility. I have felt overlooked, disqualified, too far gone, or not significant enough to interrupt whatever else You're doing. But Your Word says otherwise. You stop for one. You leave the 99 for one. I am that one today. I'm calling out. Amen.

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