Based on a sermon by pastor Viktor Tomev
Truth is always simple. Jesus spoke in a way that fishermen, children, and tax collectors could understand. That is why the main idea of this book fits into a single sentence:
This is not about temperament or education. It is about the direction of your gaze. Two people look at the same situation: one sees a door, the other sees a wall. And each finds exactly what he was looking for.
There are always more reasons why something is impossible. They are convincing, easy to prove, and statistics will vote for them. There are more reasons not to start a business than you can imagine. Reasons to die? Countless: everyone grows old, everyone gets sick, everyone passes away. It is obvious.
But everyone who has ever achieved anything in this life, at some point did one simple thing: they stopped collecting evidence of impossibility and started looking for at least one path of why it's possible.
When you think "this is impossible," your brain obediently follows the order: it blocks all opportunities. It no longer notices ideas, doors, people, or coincidences. Why should it? You have already decided nothing will work out.
But when you ask "why is this possible?" — the brain switches into a different mode. It starts sending impulses, offering ideas, spotting options. You start thinking about how to do it, not about why it won't work.
Tomorrow, on your way to work, don't look for reasons why you might be late, why you might not finish, why you might not get paid. Those thoughts arrive on their own — they need no invitation. Ask a different question instead: is it possible I'll be paid more than I even earned? Is it possible to finish earlier than usual?
It is possible. And the moment you think it — the search has begun.
Look at the ministry of Jesus. Whatever He said, the answer was always the same: "But that's impossible."
Thousands of people need to be fed? The disciples instantly find the reason: we don't have that much bread. They see the impossibility — and they see it honestly, because there really is no bread. Their arithmetic is correct. But their focus is not.
Jesus does not argue with the arithmetic. He changes the focus. He says: everything that is impossible for you is possible for God. You believe in God, don't you? Then concentrate not on your lack, but on His abundance.
Jesus kept doing the same thing over and over: He switched people from "I can't" to "I can". From "don't do" to "do." From the law that lists prohibitions — to grace that opens doors.
If you want to live — think about life. You cannot remove a limitation without first removing your focus from the limitation.
Peter is a professional. He is a fisherman. He knows this lake, he knows the fish, he knows that if there was nothing at night, there will certainly be nothing in the morning. His experience shouts: impossible.
Jesus says: just cast the net on the other side.
And here the most important thing happens. Peter could have kept proving why it wouldn't work — and he would have been right by every law of fishing. But instead he says:
Not "let me prove to you why not." But "at Your word." He set aside his expertise in impossibility and took one single argument of possibility: Jesus said so.
The nets could not hold the catch.
Read it carefully. There are two statements here, and for some reason we believe only the first one.
The first: whoever believes, though he die, shall live. Every Christian believes this. No one demands proof, no one says "show me someone who rose." There is one argument: Jesus said so. And that is enough.
The second: everyone who lives and believes shall never die. And here, suddenly, a different mode switches on: "But that's impossible! The apostles died! People grow old! Show me at least one!"
A strange thing: on the first statement we do not search for why it's impossible. On the second — that is all we search for. The same Jesus, the same page, the same authority. But the focus is different.
Martha, to whom Jesus asked this question, answered cautiously: "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God." She answered a question He had not asked. Jesus asked about life — she answered about a title.
How many reasons does it take to make something impossible? We collect them by the thousands: the doctors said, the statistics showed, the neighbor failed, the news reported.
And how many arguments does it take to make something possible?
"Jesus said so" — this is the argument all of faith stands on. We believe in eternal salvation because Jesus said so. We believe in the forgiveness of sins because Jesus said so. None of us has seen heaven — yet we believe.
Then why, on the questions of life, health, and healing, do we suddenly become skeptics demanding laboratory proof?
Jesus said: if you believe and do not doubt — it will be done according to your words. Even a mountain can be commanded. He never suggested first considering why the mountain won't move. Because if you think about that — the mountain will never move.
Throw away the thousand reasons of "why not." Take the one argument of "why yes." And act from it.
A father of a sick boy came to Jesus and said: "If You can do anything — help us." I can't, I don't believe — but maybe You can.
Notice what Jesus answered. He did not say: "Yes, I can, step aside." He turned the question back:
In other words: why is this only about Me? That God can — is no news. The question is different: until you understand that you can, nothing will move. Faith is not spectating someone else's power. It is participation.
God enters into partnership with your faith, because the idea itself is God's. The main thing is that you believe it. So begin with simple words that sound bold only to a legalistic ear:
This is not self-suggestion. It is aligning your focus with the words of Jesus: "All things are possible for the one who believes."
There is one more test of focus, and it is merciless: how do you react when things work out for someone else?
Scripture says: if one member is honored, all rejoice with him; if one suffers, all suffer together. Yet with us it is often the opposite: when someone succeeds — we envy. Envy is a focus on impossibility, aimed at yourself: "he made it, but I never will."
Learn this simple discipline of the heart: rejoice with those who rejoice. It is not politeness. It is spiritual optics. Every sincere joy for another person is one more piece of evidence in your own case of "why it's possible."
Everything you believe in will one day come to you. Everything you give, you will begin to receive. Positive or negative — this principle does not ask permission.
So bless. You are called to inherit blessing — do not allow yourself to curse. Even in small things. Even when someone blocks your driveway while you are in a hurry.
Irritation is also a focus. Concentrate on the obstacle — and obstacles will begin to appear one after another, as if you were ordering them every morning. Switch — and suddenly the road is clear, the lights are green, and you arrive on time.
The same works on a larger scale: sow into what you believe in. Invest — time, words, heart, resources — into what carries life. For what is sown returns to the sower. Always.
Nothing in your life needs to change. Your focus needs to change — and life will change by itself. Here is a simple everyday practice:
Jesus is not asking Martha this question. He is asking you. And your answer determines not a theological position — it determines what your brain, your heart, and your faith will be searching for starting tomorrow morning.