“Is there anything too hard for Jehovah?” Genesis 18:14
Here is God’s loving challenge to you and to me today. He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest desire and longing of our hearts, something which perhaps was our desire for ourselves or for someone dear to us, yet which has been so long unfulfilled that we have looked upon it as only a lost desire, that which might have been but now cannot be, and so have given up hope of seeing it fulfilled in this life.
Here is God’s loving challenge to you and to me today. He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest desire and longing of our hearts, something which perhaps was our desire for ourselves or for someone dear to us, yet which has been so long unfulfilled that we have looked upon it as only a lost desire, that which might have been but now cannot be, and so have given up hope of seeing it fulfilled in this life.
That thing, if it is in line with what we know to be His expressed will (as a son to Abraham and Sarah was), God intends to do for us, even if we know that it is of such utter impossibility that we only laugh at the absurdity of anyone’s supposing it could ever now come to pass. That thing God intends to do for us, if we will let Him.
“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Not when we believe in Him enough to go forward and do His will, and let Him do the impossible for us. Even Abraham and Sarah could have blocked God’s plan if they had continued to disbelieve.
The only thing too hard for Jehovah is deliberate, continued disbelief in His love and power, and our final rejection of His plans for us. Nothing is too hard for Jehovah to do for them that trust Him – Streams in the Desert, November 5
Tears of joy ran down my face when I read the above devotional because today God fulfilled a deep longing of my heart. Several times recently during prayer the verse found in Joel 2:25 kept coming to my mind. "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm..." Joel 2:25
I was familiar with the verse but had not really pondered its true meaning. The children of Israel had suffered a severe famine, great loss and destruction (all sent by God), but in this scripture God promises to restore everything to them. He promises to bless their lives as if those things had never happened to them. They shall eat in plenty, be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord their God.
I have suffered a lot of losses in my life. Reading those verses, God revealed to me that He was going to make my life as if those losses had never occurred. He promised to restore some long-lost dreams of mine.
Today one of the dreams became a reality as I was reconciled with my sister whom I had not seen in 20 years. It was a good refreshing meeting and the conversation flowed easily. It was as if we had never been apart all those years. A true restoration indeed! My heart is overwhelmed with gratitude and satisfaction as I embrace God's abundant gift to me.
“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Not when we believe in Him enough to go forward and do His will, and let Him do the impossible for us. Even Abraham and Sarah could have blocked God’s plan if they had continued to disbelieve.
The only thing too hard for Jehovah is deliberate, continued disbelief in His love and power, and our final rejection of His plans for us. Nothing is too hard for Jehovah to do for them that trust Him – Streams in the Desert, November 5
Tears of joy ran down my face when I read the above devotional because today God fulfilled a deep longing of my heart. Several times recently during prayer the verse found in Joel 2:25 kept coming to my mind. "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm..." Joel 2:25
I was familiar with the verse but had not really pondered its true meaning. The children of Israel had suffered a severe famine, great loss and destruction (all sent by God), but in this scripture God promises to restore everything to them. He promises to bless their lives as if those things had never happened to them. They shall eat in plenty, be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord their God.
I have suffered a lot of losses in my life. Reading those verses, God revealed to me that He was going to make my life as if those losses had never occurred. He promised to restore some long-lost dreams of mine.
Today one of the dreams became a reality as I was reconciled with my sister whom I had not seen in 20 years. It was a good refreshing meeting and the conversation flowed easily. It was as if we had never been apart all those years. A true restoration indeed! My heart is overwhelmed with gratitude and satisfaction as I embrace God's abundant gift to me.
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