"For nothing is impossible with
God."
Luke 1:37
Sometimes, a woman wants nothing more than to conceive and
give birth to a healthy child. She and
her husband try and try and try again.
They pray and pray and pray all the more. Nothing happens. Sometimes, the heartfelt desire is not just
to give birth, but to give birth to a son who will carry on the family name. Years pass and the woman finds
herself beyond her child bearing years.
Too late, it won't happen, it can't happen. Maybe, just maybe, this
wasn't God's plan, you think.
Consider Sarah, the wife of Abraham. When Abraham was 75 and Sarah was 65, God
promised that he'd be the father of many nations. This followed with a more
specific promise of a son born to them (see Genesis 17). As
they grew older and older, no child was conceived. Only when they reached the ages of 100 and 90
respectively, when conceiving and giving birth was an absolute impossibility,
did Sarah conceive and give birth to the son of promise, Isaac. What was impossible for man was possible with
God.
Ask Elizabeth, Zechariah's wife and the mother of John the
Baptist about God's possibility (see Luke 1).
Ask Samson's mother, the wife of Manoah, how long she had been sterile
and childless before he was born (see Judges 13). Ask Hannah, Samuel's mother, how much time
she spent in prayer before she was able to conceive (see 1 Samuel 1). Ask the virgin Mary about the impossibility
of becoming pregnant even though she had never had a sexual encounter (see Luke
1).
God's word is before each of you, all of us. It is the truth. For nothing is impossible with God. What does God mean when He says "nothing"? Your heartfelt desire, your greatest need, the
desires of your heart are all included in God's "nothing."
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