In a world without friction, motion never stops. I learned this principle of sorts in a class sometime ago...perhaps in 7th grade. At the time, it was simply a fascinating thought. Today again it is a fascinating thought brought on by something itself fascinating: a spinner.
My children saw it with some friends of ours, played with it, and have made the thing look like so much fun. I randomly found a few of them at the store recently and purchased two with which I intended to further fascinate my children; only to become engrossed in the thing myself because of it's curious way of spinning as though it will spin incessantly if unencumbered by any form of friction.
That was when I remembered that indeed, according to the rules God created to govern our earth, were there no friction, motion would in actuality never stop. Without opposing forces to counter an action, such motion would continue presumably, eternally.
What a thought!
So now, based on those principles, imagine an idea... anything, never being countered, never being hindered, never being opposed, never discouraged, never questioned...!! it would have no choice but to come to fulfillment.
But we do not live in a world without friction.
Our reality is one ridden with friction. Emotional friction, psychological, spiritual, social, economic, academic, etc friction.
But what is the purpose of this friction? What is its ultimate goal? Why is it allowed to affect us by God? What does friction do?
Every form of friction minutely scrapes the surface it has influence upon to decrease movement in it.
Think "sandpaper."
It's not smooth and appealing to whatever it comes on contact with...it is rough and corrosive to some degree. Nevertheless, its purpose when properly administered by an intelligent administrator is to create smoothness in its target.
Every form of friction "smoothes." As friction is applied, it actually creates a surface less composite of friction. What an ironic thought!
When God allows friction in us, He is smoothing us out. But for what? And when?
Certainly not for here...not for this earth... we never become perfect here but our souls become more refined with repeated encounters with friction until we literally slip out of this world. But when sanctification has had its good work of refining in friction, we become seamless. Literally smoothed out by so much friction. And then apparently we are transported into eternity with Christ where there is no more friction at all.
I therefore imagine eternity to be a place where nothing is indeed impossible. Because we have become smooth, our hearts and minds, desires and inclinations have become aligned with the Lord God Himself. By the power and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we are released into eternity to move... unhindered. Incapable practically of being stopped ever again because we carry no more friction in us and will never again encounter friction from external sources. All things become possible. We are perfected. And because we have by the blood of Jesus become incorruptibly benevolent, we can then become eternally omnipotent under our Lord Jesus Christ.
This was the original intention: this was where original sin occurred. Friction, death, slowness, hindrance...entered the world actually out of God's mercy... For without death, those beloved omnipotent creatures given omniscience by their creator, choosing the knowledge of evil would become eternal, unstoppable, malevolent. Eternally corrupt.
So when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, God, in His infinite mercy, blessed them with one death. A death, not eternal but temporary. A death refining. A death called friction permeating every area of their lives and causing the sandpaper effect of smoothing but hurting. Refining, but slowing down. Scraping but cleaning. So that if and when they chose to be born again into the perfect universe originally intended where there is literally an absence of friction, their unstoppable motion would not be corrupted. Their unhindered desires and capabilities would be perfectly positive.
So spin, my friend, spin. The smoother you become, the more will be chipped away from you. The more friction you encounter, the more you will become clear, smooth, transformed into the image of the One who desires you to become faultless, frictionless, like Him. And when you get where He is, nothing will be impossible for you.