December 8, 2009

“Impossible!”

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Now…

Remember this.

This is a wonderful truth of the Lord, about the Lord.

The Lord tells us and shows us this Truth in two ways.

Here it is.

With God, nothing is impossible!

and this….

With God, all things are possible!

Both are revealed in the Word.

One in the “Christmas Story”.

We would do well to read all that the Lord has given us related to the first coming of the Jesus. It is a vast, detailed account of men, women, dreams, miracles, angels, prophecies (fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled), etc. Read the first chapters of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Today we will quickly examine one vignette of the story...where we learn that with God, nothing is impossible.

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Here is a young lady, Mary, likely around 14-15 years of a age.
Chosen of God.
High favored.
Blessed.

The Jewish woman’s greatest desire was to be the mother of Messiah.

Yet, she was troubled by the statement.

She wondered what it meant.

She questioned how such could happen.

She had not known a man.

She did not doubt unto sin.

She simple wondered...you see Mary wondering and pondering in her heart on several occasions.

The angel explained.

With God nothing shall be impossible.

Mary would face some tough things…

  • explaining to Joseph months later that she had not been unfaithful
  • experiencing the ridicule of people...for decades...they even accused Jesus of been the “so-called son of Joseph”
  • watching her son killed

Yet, her response to the impossible should be ours.

All of us encounter things and have situations which are impossible.

Perhaps there is a relationship in your life that is impossible.
Perhaps your job situation is impossible.
Perhaps your “church” is impossible.
Perhaps your battle with sin is impossible.
Perhaps your attempt to walk in holiness and righteousness is impossible.
Perhaps your children are not living as they should...nothing is impossible.
Perhaps your parents are not living as they should...nothing is impossible.
Perhaps you have prayed for years about something...nothing is impossible.

Remember with God, nothing is impossible.

Let us do as Mary did.

She simply looked at the angel and said, “be it unto me according to your word.”

She humbled herself before the Lord.
She trusted the Lord.
She simply said yes.

Let us do so with all things.

Blessings!!

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