Math has not been my best subject in school. In fact, it is my worst subject. When I got my report card in the middle of this past semester, I realized I might not pass the class. To bring up my grade to a “C” I was going to have to get at least a “B” on the rest of my tests. The problem was I hadn’t even made a “C” on any of my tests! In higher math everything you learn builds on what you learn next, so passing was looking impossible. I knew that there was no way I could pass on my own. I came to the realization that I needed help.
In Mark 10:24 Jesus teaches about the impossible. “Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God…With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”
To me, passing math looked just about as much impossible as a camel walking through the eye of a needle. When I realized that I was incapable of passing on my own, I put it into God’s hands. I prayed about what to do, and this verse offered my answer. See when it comes to salvation from sin, Christ knows all about it. I had failed on my own in math, so I needed someone who knew all about it! God sent a tutor that taught me in a way that I could better understand. Before I had been forgetting the material I was supposed to know by the time I took the test. When I put it into God’s hands, I started recalling everything I needed to know.
I have always been very proud of my grades, and hiring a tutor was something I thought I’d never have to do. My pride was something I had to get rid of though in order to obey God. When I put what I was worried about into God’s hands, I had to submit all the way. When the Word says, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God,” that means I CAN”T DO IT!!! So why do I hold on at times when I can’t do the impossible? That is something I have to work on.
When I finally submitted to what God asked me to do, He blessed my obedience! My final test grade was a 97, and I passed the class one point under a B! God is so incredible! I was failing and just like times before, Christ saved me.
“Father, Your power is everlasting and unmatched. I pray that I will learn to submit to You with out hesitation, please fill my life. I want to see You every day.”
Jody Johnston is a student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. With a fire in his heart that only God could’ve ignited, he is a servant and prayer warrior. He calls New Orleans, LA his home. You can contact him on facebook www.facebook.com/jodygjohnston.