Let's Put "It Is What It Is" To Rest, Shall We?

I'm getting pretty tired of the catch phrase, "It is what it is." It's really fatalistic and drains all the hope out of life.

It's a statement to end a conversation. It signals that there's no hope, it will always be this way, let's quit trying, leave and go home.

When the Christ follower uses that phrase we're declaring that God has no power to change the situation or the people involved.

Do we know the hearts and minds of the people involved and God's mind on the subject?

Do you really, Jonah?

"It is what it is" declares that WE'VE decided that there's no hope. But has God? Are we leaving room for Him to move? Or for people to change?

The Christ follower lives in hope! We believe that with God nothing is impossible!

In our history with God we know there are moments when God rescued, delivered, stopped the sun, parted the sea, tore down walls, opened blind eyes, raised the dead!

In a moment it all changed!

He did the impossible!

It wasn't what it was!

It was healed, it was mended, it was better, it was healthy, it was great, it was lovely, it was alive again.

Let's put that phrase to rest and quit thinking we know better than God.

Let's have a little hope.

Let's pray for change.

Let's have a little faith in an Almighty God.