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No Such Thing as Impossible (with God)
Message by Daniel Carandang
written by Ana Andres
Have you
ever been in an impossible situation?
Perhaps
you’ve had a medical condition with no cure, a terror professor who gives
failing grades, or as simple as a crush who never seems to notice you.
Whatever it
is it’s just…
Many, many
years ago, a man named Abraham was also in an impossible situation. Abraham
wanted to have a son. This was his greatest dream. Problem was, Abraham’s wife,
Sarah, was barren and Abraham was old.
This was an
impossible situation. There was no way Sarah could conceive a child. She was
physically incapable of such. Nonetheless, God promised Abraham a son.
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| Wait, WHAT?! |
In this
situation, we see the reality of our own limitations as humans. Truth is, we
are really weak and powerless on our own. For an instance, we are helpless
towards natural catastrophes and death or maybe sometimes we’ll feel like we’ve
given it our all but we still fall short. At one point, we will reach the
maximum of our limited capacity and there are some things bigger that we just
aren’t able to control.
But unlike
us, GOD IS ALMIGHTY.
“Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old,
the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am GodAlmighty;
Walk before Me, and be blameless."
Genesis 17:1
“El Shadday”
is the Hebrew translation of “God Almighty”; “El” meaning, powerful and strong
and “Shaddai” meaning, all-powerful and all-sufficient. God is limitless and
therefore there is nothing that He is unable to control. When He promised Abraham
a son, He also intended to fulfill this promise. He has the ability and power
to do so!
“Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what He had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham
in his old age, at the
very time God had promised him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.”
Genesis 21:1-2;5
You see,
nothing is impossible with God!
We are weak
but our God is able!
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| God can do more than this Darth Vader |
How should this impact our lives then?
“Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old,
the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;
Walk before Me, and be blameless.
Genesis 17:1
Knowing and
genuinely believing that our God is Almighty, we are able to depend and trust
His Word with all our heart. We won’t be afraid to walk where He leads us and
we won’t be afraid to walk before Him and be blameless.
13 years
before God gave Abraham and Sarah a son, they compromised and sinned. They were
getting impatient and they thought foolishly, “let’s not wait anymore, let’s ‘help’ God”. So Abraham slept with
Hagar, handmaid of Sarah. This was widely accepted in their culture back then
but just because it’s accepted, does not mean it’s right. Biblically, this was
still considered as sin as it was fornication and adultery.
When we
compromise, we lose sight and forget that God is Almighty. We no longer
acknowledge the fact that God is able and that is why we step in and do it our
way. This doesn't only dishonor Him but it also hinders us from seeing God’s
mighty power and receiving His blessings.
How we see
God ultimately affects how much we trust and obey Him. If we depict God to be
small, then our trust and obedience will be small but if we see Him as the
STRONG, POWERFUL, ALMIGHTY God that He is, our trust and obedience will be
greater.
We can count
on Him and His promises because He is more than able to fulfill them!
Are you
willing to walk before God and be blameless?
Open your
heart. Pray and Obey!
See for
yourself the wonders He’ll show you!
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| GOD IS AWESOME...AHHHH! |
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