Is Anything Too Hard for God?

TOPIC: IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?
Main Text: Genesis 18:1-14
Memory Verse Text: Genesis 18:14
In these days many of God’s people are discouraged, despondent and filled with doubt.  This ought not to be, for discouragement always comes from the Devil, despondency paralyses us for useful service and doubt dishonours the Lord. Humanly speaking, it was impossible for Sarah to bear a child.  At first Abraham laughed at the idea (17:17), but afterwards Sarah laughed also (18:12) – and then it was that the Lord Himself said, ‘Is anything too hard for the Lord’.  Well, is anything…?

1. There is no PROMISE too hard for the Lord to fulfil.
  Every promise that God has ever made will be fulfilled, and there is a promise to meet your very need.   Notice three illustrations of ‘hard things’ that God promised and accomplished:
(1) He promised that the walls of Jericho would fall, but that Rahab’s dwelling on the wall and her family would be spared.  This was indeed a hard thing – Joshua 2:1-24; 6:1-25.
(2) He promised to feed Elijah by ravens at Cherith and by a widow at Zarephath.  This was a hard thing – 1 Kings 17:2-16.
(3) He promised that Mary would bring forth a son, though she was a virgin.  This was a hard thing – Luke 1:26-38.

2. There is no PRAYER too hard for the Lord to answer.
The Lord loves to answer hard prayers –Matthew 17:20; John 16:23.  In every situation and circumstance of life He invites us to pray, and He promises to answer our prayers. How hard it was, humanly speaking, for fire to fall upon the altar, but it was not too hard for the Lord, and Elijah’s prayer was abundantly answered!

3. There is no PROBLEM too hard for the Lord to solve.
Possibly you have a problem which you have been trying to solve by yourself – and you have failed!  Ask the Lord to solve it for you.  He can and He will perform a miracle for you, if it is for His glory to do so.  He is a miracle-working God, and nothing is too hard for Him. 

4. There is no PLACE too hard for the Lord to revive.
We so quickly get discouraged in our work for the Lord.  God’s people are frequently heard to say, ‘The work is very hard; it has gone down terribly, and it’ll never be the same again!’  But why should we accept this defeatist attitude when our God is the God of the impossible? 
 Is your church ‘a dying cause’?  Does nothing seem to happen?  Do no conversions take place?  Do few gather for prayer?  Why not alter this situation?  Why don’t YOU alter this situation? – For you can!  Isaiah 43:19 – ‘Is anything too hard for the Lord’?

5. There is no PERSON too hard for the Lord to save.
Thank God, Hebrews 7:25 is still true – yet we frequently doubt God’s ability to save people!  We look upon certain cases as hard!
(1) The woman who was a sinner was wonderfully saved by the Lord Jesus. Luke 7:36-50.
(2) A condemned criminal was gloriously converted in his dying hour. Luke 23:39-43.
(3) A persecutor was humbled to the dust by the sight of the risen Lord. Acts 9:1-7.
(4) A jailer and his family were suddenly converted. Acts 16:25-34.

9. Is anything too hard for the Lord?  What is your answer?

PRAYER NOTE:

Lord increase my faith to have more confidence in your power to do all things
Help the Church to trust the power of your name and your word for all round transformations in our days.

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