“Here it’s impossible to do what you’re saying.”
I have heard those words in many countries as we took the first steps to begin EHC’s proclamation ministry. Some places truly are dangerous. I understand the risk and tension involved in serving the Lord in certain environments, but to claim that it is “impossible” is to disregard the One who has promised to be with us. Time after time, we see that as we move forward, God opens paths where none existed. The impossible is precisely the terrain where He reveals His glory.
“Shall a nation be born at once?”—this is a rhetorical question from Isaiah 66:8. On one hand, it points to the natural impossibility of birth without a process that takes time. Yet the implied answer is yes, it will happen—because God is involved in His redemptive work, and His plans move beyond the limits of human logic. When God is present, the impossible retreats. It happened in the past, and it is happening today.
In a single day, a countless multitude of slaves left Egypt as God’s people—a holy nation on their way to the Promised Land.
On the day of Pentecost, three thousand were born again and added to the newborn church—a new identity.
And today, tens of thousands around the world are passing from the bondage of sin into the glorious freedom of the children of God—a holy nation still being formed.
God has chosen us to know Him, love Him, and obey Him: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). Obedience is the true evidence of faith. To obey or not to obey—that is the question.
The gospel that has been entrusted to us is the power of God to save, transform, and heal everyone who receives it. We stand firm in that conviction, fully aware that the values of the Kingdom of Heaven continue to clash with the values of this world—often making us feel as though we are walking through hostile territory.
In many places, proclaiming the gospel is forbidden. In others, the growing secularization of society and the abandonment of moral values shape laws and regulations that subtly attempt to silence the Christian faith. Light always awakens resistance in the shadows. Even within our own homes, tensions may arise.
So what should we do?
Stay silent?
Step back?
Change the message?
Settle for comfort?
Seek to please people?
No.
The love of Christ compels us. He calls us to be light in the shadows and the fragrance of His presence everywhere we go. And there—when we step beyond what feels safe—we discover that we are not alone. God Himself promises not merely to visit those who love and obey Him, but to dwell in them.
“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him” (John 14:23). What a promise—the eternal God making His home in a willing heart.
Our mission, then, does not arise from human effort, but from the love of God poured into our hearts. Remaining in that love gives us strength to persevere, courage to speak, joy to serve, and faith to step into the impossible.
This is why, where others see impossibilities, we see opportunities for God to be God.
Where others say, “It cannot be done,” we hear the Spirit whisper, “Go forward; I am with you.”
Yes—it can be done.
May our lives be a living declaration that the impossible trembles when God is present. And may He find us faithful, brave, and full of His love as we carry His light to every corner of the world.
“You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light—who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy” (1 Peter 2:9–10).
Tom Rios
