Too Hard for God?

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" (Gen. 18:14)

When the messenger of God told Abraham that Sarai would have a child, even though biologically it was no longer possible for her to bear children at her age, she laughed. The messenger said, "Why did she laugh? Is anything too difficult for the Lord to do?"

A couple of weeks ago I sat in a counseling session with someone, and an observer said, 'Don't fool yourself. That person will never change." Not too long before that, I was explaining the cost of a mission trip to West Africa, and the person said, "I could never afford that." A pastor lamenting the hardness of the hearts of his church whined, "This church will never do anything for the Kingdom of God." Consider the times you may have expressed similar thoughts to the difficulty or the seeming impossibility of your situation. Ask yourself this question, and be sincerely honest in your thoughts. "Is anything too hard for the Lord?"

Has God changed? As the scriptures suggest, "Are His eyes dimmed that He cannot see, or His arms shortened that He can no longer reach into your situation? Or has God changed. Maybe He doesn't care." Satan will whisper anything in your ear that will cause you to doubt. But remember when these thoughts come, the enemy is a liar.

Paul reminds us in Eph. 3:20 that God can do exceeding abundantly beyond anything that we could ever imagine, or ask for in our prayers. How big is your God?

Hear Jesus' Voice

"My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow me." (John 10:27)

Jesus says that one of the characteristics of those who are genuine Christians is they are able to hear and discern His voice. As you know, in the Bible to hear means more than to receive the audio in a way that it is transmitted to the brain as sound. It means to take it in and put it into practice. However, if there is any doubt of that, Jesus goes on to say that His sheep also follow Him. That statement clearly declares that it is characteristic of Christians to do what Jesus says to do.

One of the primary sources of the "Voice of Jesus" is His written Word. Whenever the Bible speaks, God speaks. Every single word of the Scripture is inspired of God. The Bible is not like any other book. It is not man's words about God. It is not the most noble literature ever written, although there is an element of truth in that comment. It is the very Word of God. We do not have the luxury of picking and choosing the passages we like. It is all written for our edification.

So let me ask you a hard question. Are you willing to do anything that God tells you to do? Are you seeking to bring your life into absolute obedience to the Voice of Christ? Keep in mind that when that little voice in your head is contradictory to the Bible, it is not the voice of Christ. God never contradicts Himself. We are to obey all of the Bible, the hard parts included.