Monday Reflection \u2013 February 01, 2021
God of Impossibilities<\/p>\n\n\n
Is anything too\u00a0difficult for the Lord? At the\u00a0appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.\u201d Genesis 18:14 NASB<\/p>\n\n\n
Today\u2019s Watchword comes in the midst of God\u2019s long-given promise to bring Abraham and Sarah a son even in their very old age. This seems so ridiculous that Sarah thought it laughable that God would give her a son in her old age. By all outward circumstance, there was good reason for Sarah to laugh at the literal fulfilment of this promise. She\u00a0had passed the age of childbearing; menstruation and menopause were behind her. It would only take a miracle from God for them to have literal children through normal means.<\/p>\n\n\n
Interestingly, and perhaps ironically, this is what Sarah and Abraham\u00a0most wanted all their lives\u00a0\u2013 to have a child of their own. Yet they found it hard to believe God\u2019s promise when He said He would grant it to them. But, isn\u2019t it true that this is a usual characteristic of us to believe God\u2019s promise for a long, long time, enduring much discouragement along the way, until the promise is\u00a0almost there, and then we begin to doubt? We thank God today that our God is greater than our doubts.<\/p>\n\n\n
Sarah and Abraham thought it impossible, but Genesis 18:14 says, is anything too difficult for the Lord? This is a rhetorical question. The answer is obviously no; nothing is too hard for God. God\u2019s power is supreme. He can do what He wants. He can supersede what we think is possible. This question reminds us that God is working all things together according to the counsel of His will. When Sarah laughed at God\u2019s twice-given promise, we might think God would take the promise away. Instead, God responded by dealing with her sin of unbelief, not by taking away the promise. Indeed, \u201cIf we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself” (2 Timothy 2:13). God triumphs over the weak faith of His people.<\/p>\n\n\n
Friends, as we think about our lives, what are we asking God for? What are we asking God to do that is impossible without Him? Are we asking God to see Him move in ways that make no sense? Maybe we have been praying for something for a long time and we have almost given up. I encourage us today to have renewed faith that nothing is too hard for the Lord. Just a word of caution: This does not mean that everything we ask of God is guaranteed because nothing is too hard for Him. When we pray, we need to make sure that our hearts are aligned to His will. We pray believing that God can do and will do when it is wise and good and glorifying to Him. He will do the impossible; more than that, He is the God of impossibilities!<\/p>\n\n\n
Today we pray like the apostles, O God, \u201cIncrease our faith!\u201d Luke 17:5<\/p>\n\n\n
Jermaine Gibson\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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