Luke 1:37 – “Nothing will be
impossible with God.”
As we get
caught up in the daily routines of life, it can seem like some things never
change. Our hopes go unmet. Our fears are confirmed. Outcomes seem inevitable.
Many things seem impossible. Yet here in Luke 1:37 the angel Gabriel promised
the Virgin Mary that nothing is impossible with God. Those words are easily
spoken but much harder to believe. Can miracles happen? Can my hopeless
circumstances be changed? Sometimes it is tough to believe it in the middle of
our challenges, yet in the verse before Gabriel gave Mary a reason to believe
the impossible: “Even
your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who
was called barren is now in her sixth month.”
As you pray
and trust God you may not always see immediate results. It took Mary several
weeks to confirm her pregnancy. It took nine months to hear the angels sing,
but Elizabeth was already miraculously pregnant. What God did for Elizabeth, he
did for Mary. Doctor Luke was a firm proponent of God’s miraculous power, but
he also was a scientist who sought evidence as he wrote. God often confirms
what He can and will do in us by what He has already done for and through
others. I had the privilege of serving Cedar Park Church in Bothell,
Washington, for five years. Nearly thirty years ago Pastor Joe Fuiten began to
pray for childless couples. As He did for Elizabeth, God began to answer those
prayers. As other childless couples heard about these miracle babies, they
began to trust God for themselves. Hundreds of children have been born to
previously infertile couples after the prayed on Presentation Sunday. God is at
work like this making the seemingly impossible possible. Look around. God is at
work. Nothing is impossible.
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