Nothing Is Too Hard For The Lord

-January 8, 2023-

Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,

“Is anything too hard for the Lord for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

(Genesis 18:14).

Abraham was 99 and Sarah was 89 when the Lord and two angels came to their tent and promised that Sarah would bear Abraham a son. If ever there was an impossible situation humanly speaking, this was it.

God often waits until we have exhausted our resources to do a wonderful miracle. When one gets old, we call it the “Sunset Years.” In the case of Abraham and Sarai, it was more like the “Sundown Years.” Their light was out in terms of having a child, Abraham lived to the ripe age of 175, and Sarah lived to be 127.

God loves to do great things in our lives, to surprise us blessings. When God first mentioned it to Abraham, he fell down laughing and Sarah laughed in her heart in the tent during this visit from on high. We often say, “It is too hard for me, I can’t do it.” God never has to say that. We can never ask the Lord for too much.

As we have made eight days into the New Year, it is good to remind ourselves that, “there is nothing too hard for the Lord” The Lord told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 32:27, “…Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for the Lord?” The angel Gabriel said a similar thing to Mary, the mother of Jesus, “For with God nothing shall be impossible” (Luke 1:37).

I love the story of the young boy flying alone to visit his grandparents and happened to be seated next to a seminary professor, who thought he would have some fun with young lad. He said to him, “Young man, if you can tell me something God can do, I will give you a big, shiny apple.” The youngster thought for a moment and replied, “Mister, if you can tell me something God can’t do, I’ll give you a barrel of apples.”

May we reflect on our great, infinite, limitless, omnipotent God and what He can do. Have a blessed day looking to Jesus. Stay safe and healthy.

With God the impossible is possible.

Dean