All Things Are Possible to Him That Believes! By Charles H. Spurgeon

"All things are possible to him that believeth." / Mark 9:23 

Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly
think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for
"all things are possible to him that believeth"; and it is possible for us to
mount into a state in which a doubt or a fear shall be but as a bird of
passage flitting across the soul, but never lingering there. When you read of
the high and sweet communions enjoyed by favoured saints, you sigh and murmur
in the chamber of your heart, "Alas! these are not for me." O climber, if thou
hast but faith, thou shalt yet stand upon the sunny pinnacle of the temple,
for "all things are possible to him that believeth." You hear of exploits
which holy men have done for Jesus; what they have enjoyed of him; how much
they have been like him; how they have been able to endure great persecutions
for his sake; and you say, "Ah! as for me, I am but a worm; I can never attain
to this." But there is nothing which one saint was, that you may not be. There
is no elevation of grace, no attainment of spirituality, no clearness of
assurance, no post of duty, which is not open to you if you have but the power
to believe. Lay aside your sackcloth and ashes, and rise to the dignity of
your true position; you are little in Israel because you will be so, not
because there is any necessity for it. It is not meet that thou shouldst
grovel in the dust, O child of a King. Ascend! The golden throne of assurance
is waiting for you! The crown of communion with Jesus is ready to bedeck your
brow. Wrap yourself in scarlet and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day;
for if thou believest, thou mayst eat the fat of kidneys of wheat; thy land
shall flow with milk and honey, and thy soul shall be satisfied as with marrow
and fatness. Gather golden sheaves of grace, for they await thee in the fields
of faith. "All things are possible to him that believeth."