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 …
2. All things. Not just some things, but truly all things.
This means the things that have always been too big and too hard. The things that seem too far gone, too late, too hopeless. The things that are buried, without life, without a future. That’s ALL things.
There has never been a moment when Jesus looked at a situation and said, “Well, that’s beyond me.”
Cancer isn’t beyond Him.
Addiction isn’t beyond Him.
A prodigal isn’t beyond Him.
A broken marriage isn’t beyond Him.
A shattered heart isn’t beyond Him.
Death itself isn’t beyond Him.
In fact, one day Jesus walked directly into a funeral procession and completely interrupted it.
Luke 7:11-15, “Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, and a large crowd followed him. A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. “Don’t cry!” he said. Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.” Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.”
The funeral was already under way. They were walking this young man’s body to the grave. His life was over. And not only his life, but his mother’s life. Notice the detail is given that this woman was a widow and this young man was her only son. In this culture, that meant not only grief, but this meant desperation. Yes, it was the death of a child, but it was also the absolute crash of her future. Without a husband or a son, she was left without care and faced a life of extreme poverty.
And when Jesus became aware of this need, His heart overflowed with compassion. No one asked Him to step in with His power. No one expected Him to change the situation. But His heart responded to her broken heart. The miracle began because Jesus was moved by compassion.
Jesus sees what nobody else sees. He sees the tears you hide. He sees the burden you carry. He sees the disappointment you don’t talk about. He sees the thing that keeps you awake at night. And just as His heart overflowed with compassion for that widow, His heart is moved by your pain.
He’s not indifferent. He’s not distant. He’s not unaware. He is responding. The miracle—YOUR miracle—begins with the compassion of Jesus.
Now understand the true significance of this scene. The body isn’t being carried in a closed coffin; it’s more like a wooden stretcher. The young man is likely wrapped in burial cloths. Under Jewish law, touching something associated with a corpse brought ceremonial uncleanness.
Everyone else was moving away from what was dead. Jesus moved toward it. Everyone else saw a corpse. Jesus saw an opportunity for resurrection. Everyone else saw an ending. Jesus saw a beginning.
Without even being asked, Jesus walks right up to the body and touches him. Not a coffin as we imagine, but an open stretcher where the dead man is lying.
Yes, that’s our Jesus. Throughout the Gospels, we see Him touching lepers, touching the sick, and touching the dead. And never once did the uncleanness spread to Him. Instead, His life spread to them.
That’s what happens when Life Himself shows up.
“With God all things ARE POSSIBLE.”
3. Are possible.
ARE POSSIBLE.
Not probable. Not likely. Not easy. Not immediate. But possible.
Because the possibility doesn’t depend on you. It depends on God. And if God is involved, the story is never over. If God is involved, the grave never gets the final word. If God is involved, what appears dead today may be alive tomorrow.
Yes, your too-far-gone situation.
Your without-hope circumstance.
Your dead dream.
Your untouchable mess.
Your shame.
Your struggle.
Your brokenness.
When it is brought to Jesus and touched by Him, it can receive His life. I assure you this is your answer.
That thing you’ve been struggling with for years and seem powerless to change—it needs the touch of Jesus.
That relationship everyone has given up on and left for dead—it needs the touch of Jesus.
That habit you keep fighting but never seem to defeat—it needs the touch of Jesus.
That dream you buried because disappointment convinced you it would never happen—it needs the touch of Jesus.
That part of your heart that has grown cold, weary, and numb—it needs the touch of Jesus.
The same Jesus who walked into a funeral procession and interrupted death is still interrupting impossible situations today.
Then Jesus spoke these simple words: “Young man, I tell you, get up.” And death had to let go. The young man sat up. He began to speak. Life rushed back into what moments before had been lifeless.
What if the thing you’ve declared dead is only waiting for the voice of Jesus? What if the story isn’t over? What if God is not standing at a distance from your impossible situation, but is already walking toward it?
What if the marriage isn’t beyond Him?
What if the prodigal isn’t beyond Him?
What if the diagnosis isn’t beyond Him?
What if the dream isn’t beyond Him?
What if your story isn’t over?
The widow thought she was walking her son to a grave. She had no idea she was walking him into the presence of Jesus. And maybe that’s where you are today. What feels like a funeral may actually be the setting for a resurrection.
Because our God has never been intimidated by dead things. He speaks to dry bones and they rattle back to life. He stands before Lazarus’ tomb and calls him out. He steps into a funeral procession and sends everyone home stunned. He walks out of His own grave on the third day.
And He is still the God who brings life where everyone else sees death. So don’t bury what God is still breathing on. Don’t abandon what God is still working on. Don’t give up on what God hasn’t given up on.
Because with God…
ALL THINGS…
ARE POSSIBLE.
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