- The only things that are impossible are things that would require God to deny Himself. For instance, as we read in 2 Timothy, if we are faithless, God will remain faithful because He can’t deny Himself.
- The doctor told us it was “impossible” for our son’s hips to improve, that there is only ever deterioration. It never improves. It was an impossibility. It made me angry. I thought, “You can’t say it is impossible.” It wasn’t. Both his hips improved. His “necessary” surgery never happened.
- The Lord spoke through Elisha that the famine would be over within 24 hours, not just over but remarkably so, from lack to abundance.
- An army captain says it’s impossible, that even if the Lord were to act, it couldn’t be.
- Nothing is impossible for God.
- The captain’s specific words were that it couldn’t be even if God opened windows from heaven.
- Just because we can’t imagine it, doesn’t mean God can’t do it.
- God’s more creative than we are, and He’s working out a lot more than we can imagine, even if we can imagine the miracle.
- God’s not just meeting the one need we are feeling; He’s working out all of redemptive history. He’s bringing His kingdom to earth. He’s establishing His forever reign. He’s involved with every life on earth, even the little sparrows. He’s doing a lot. And He does it all well.
- It turns out that God didn’t need to open windows in heaven.
- The famine was ended by God using Israel’s enemies to provide them with an abundance.
- God can use anyone and anything.
- The Israelites felt the need for food. God met the need, but He did a whole lot more too. He ended the siege; the war was over. He looted the enemy army. He again confirmed Elisha as His prophet. He showed the king of Israel that he doesn’t get a say in what happens to Israel. It was when the king of Israel gave up pretending to wait on the Lord that the Lord finally acted.
- God is big, strong, and mighty. There’s nothing my God cannot do.
