Expect God to do the Impossible
“Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
(Genesis 15: 2-5 NASB)
And Abram said, “Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir.”
Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”
And He took him outside and said,
[It’s amazing how God provides us ‘object’ lessons that help our brains
SEE HIS MAJESTY & POWER!]
“Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.”
And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
Fatherless.
Old beyond the expected age.
Unable & unsuccessful for many years.
Truly an impossible task for a man, for a woman of grandfatherly & grandmotherly age to birth a child.
Maybe if the walk of faith Ended with the miraculous birth, we would not struggle so much with walking by faith; nevertheless, Abraham was led to another ‘walk of faith,’ one that truly seemed more arduous than the others.
Consider how Abraham was approached by the presence of Almighty God to—
- Leave his home in Ur of the Chaldeans and to walk clear around the desert to a place he did not know, to a Land of Promise God would show him.
- Step outside and look up to the stars and BELIEVE his heritage would outnumber the numerous stars overhead, even as his age & that of his Sarai was moving past childbearing age.
- Trust God had the power to raise the dead, even when he had never experienced or heard of God raising the dead; still Abraham had to TRUST GOD.
At times, we struggle to walk by faith; yes we do. However, let us consider how we too can walk by faith as Father Abraham did thousands of years ago. Today, let us challenge ourselves to—Expect God to do the Impossible—within our lives, in our prayers, in our situations, during our life-circumstances, and in those areas of our lives where our anxieties reside.
Abraham did; Abraham believed GOD—AT HIS WORD—and the Bible says: “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” (The Letter of Paul to the Romans 4: 9b NASB)
I just love the way the LORD speaks His Truth in all capital letters to help our brains SEE HIS MAJESTY & POWER!
“For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace,
(The Letter of Paul to the Romans 4: 16-18 NASB)
so that the promise will be guaranteed to all,
[God’s Promise of Salvation Comes to All Who Believe by Faith in God’s Amazing Grace!]
the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
(as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.
In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE.”
TobyMac sings “Faithfully” reminding us through song the Truth the LORD speaks to us. Listen and be reminded today.
We cannot know Abraham’s thoughts in the book of Genesis.
- It’s impossible to peer inside Abraham’s brain to see his thoughts as he packed up his family and walked hundreds of miles to the Promise Land—and believed God.
- It’s impossible to get a sense of what thoughts were running through his mind when Abraham tilted back his head and looked up at all the stars—and believed God.
And finally,
- It’s impossible to penetrate Abraham’s racing thoughts when Abraham was instructed by God to trek four days to the top of Mount Moriah and sacrifice his only heir to the promise, his son Isaac—when Abraham demonstrated he totally believed God.
“By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac,
(The Letter to the Hebrews 11: 17-19 NASB)
and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;
it was he to whom it was said, “IN ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED.”
He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead,
from which he also received him back as a type.”
Maybe if the walk of faith rested within the MIRACULOUS IMPOSSIBLE ONLY GOD CAN ACCOMPLISH, then we would not struggle so much with walking by faith through our day-to-day situations. Nonetheless, we oftentimes struggle to walk by faith.
Yes, we do.
- We sometimes forget that GOD IS ABLE!
- We often fail to remember how GOD IS THE GOD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE!
May we walk through today in FAITH—EXPECTING GOD TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE—
- IN OUR SITUATIONS,
- IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES,
- IN OUR LIFTED PRAYERS
AS WE LAY ALL OUR ANXIETY UPON HIM!