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 Nothing is Too Hard for the LORD (April 11, 2023)

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head over all.” (1 Chronicles 29:11)

Each time that I ponder God’s magnificent creations and behold His works in my personal life, I am overcome with awe and wonder. The finite human mind is incapable of fully grasping the infinite, inexhaustible power of this sovereign LORD who created humanity in His own image and a universe so vast that it defies our comprehension. Much too often, however, we tend to restrain what Almighty God can do in our lives because of our pride and unbelief, putting Him in a box, so to speak, and failing to give Him the place of highest esteem and priority in our hearts that He absolutely deserves.

A biblical example that comes to mind is God’s selection of Abraham to father a great nation, Israel, through which all families and nations of the earth would be blessed. Abraham’s barren wife Sarah laughed in disbelief when God told the childless couple that in their old age He would give them Isaac, the son of promise, and make their descendants as numerous as the stars. And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’  Is anything too hard 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 18:13-14)

Nothing is too difficult for the LORD, the omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnipresent (everywhere present) God who unconditionally loves us, despite our human rebelliousness, and mercifully sustains all of creation by His unimaginable might. Author Andy Murray is quoted as saying, “Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things above all that we ask or think.” God’s power is limitless, inexhaustible! Whosoever trusts in Jesus Christ can tap into His divine authority through the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer.

“But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”" (Matthew 19:26) 



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