Is Your Logic a Dream Stealer?

Jesus once said to Peter, “You are a dangerous trap to Me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s” (Matthew 16:23). Why did He use such a strong word? He knew Peter would face setbacks that didn’t make sense, dreams that he couldn’t accomplish on his own, obstacles that were too big for him. He was saying, “Peter, it’s dangerous to only look at things from a natural perspective. All your logic will say it’s impossible and cause you to give up.” But God is supernatural, and this is what faith is all about. He will put you in situations where there are no solutions in the natural. Those are tests. Are you going to walk by faith and not by sight or get discouraged and give up?

When God gave Mary the promise that she would give birth to the Messiah, it seemed impossible. To have a baby without a man defies the laws of nature and logic. But the angel didn’t get upset when she asked how it was possible. He simply answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you” (Luke 1:35). He helped her have a new perspective by saying, in effect, “Mary, you’re looking at it in the natural. In your own ability, it won’t happen. But the Spirit of God will make it happen.” Mary was at a critical point and chose to look beyond the logical. She got in agreement with God and didn’t let her human reasoning talk her out of it.

Like Mary, God is going to put promises in your heart that don’t make sense. Don’t be limited by your logic. Logic can be a dream stealer. If you look at your situation only from a human point of view—what you can do, your resources, your connections, your experience—you’re going to miss the greatness God put in you. You’re going to miss the fullness of what God has in store. The promises that God has put in your heart, what He’s whispered to you in the night, may not seem possible—it’s too big, it’s never happened for your family, you don’t have the experience. All your logic says, “There’s no way.” But that’s okay. Jesus says, “Humanly speaking it is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26).

Here’s the question: Are you going to let your human reasoning, what you can see, and what’s natural set the limits for your life? Or are you going to see beyond the logical? Are you going to believe that the all-powerful Creator of the universe, the God who flung stars into space, the God who parts Red Seas, will make a way where you don’t see a way?