“And being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform” (Romans 4:21). Here’s the bottom line: Is God able to do it? The answer depends upon how you view God. If your concept of Him is based upon your own experience and your own logic, then I can assure you that your concept of God is limited—because you are limited. The things that are hard for you will be hard for the god you create in your own image. We do this by thinking, If I were God, this is what I would do and this is how I would do it. That’s a pointless way to think because God’s ways are beyond our understanding. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9). If, however, you believe in the God who has revealed Himself in the Bible, then any talk of difficulty is absurd, because He is the God who created the universe, the heavens, the earth, and everything that is in them. “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You” (Jeremiah 32:17). What could be too hard for the God who created every galaxy, every star, every planet, every asteroid and every piece of dust in this vast universe? God doesn’t measure things in categories of simple, hard, or difficult. He is all-powerful. That’s why it is just as easy for God to help in a major crisis as it is in a minor crisis. It’s just as easy for God to supply a million dollars as it is for Him to deliver five cents. We don’t see it that way, of course. If I need a quarter, I’m sure I’ll find one stashed away in the bottom of a junk drawer. “Oh, Lord! I knew you would come through!” That works sometimes for small change. But what if you need a million dollars? “Oh, God! That’s tough.” But that’s carrying my limitations over to God who is unlimited. God has never promised anything that He lacks the ability to fulfill. Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, made a decree that at the sound of certain music, everyone had to bow before the great golden image he had erected in the plain of Dura. He scheduled the day for this new decree to begin, and when the music sounded everyone bowed—all except Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. These three Hebrew boys were brought as captives from Judah and made governors by Nebuchadnezzar over the provinces of Babylon. Soon, someone reported their disobedience to the Babylonian king. He called them in and said, “I hear you didn’t bow when the music sounded. I’ll give you one more chance, and if you don’t bow, you’re going to be thrown into the furnace. And what god is there who can deliver you from my hand?” “O King,” they answered, “we’re not even careful how we answer you in this matter. For the God we serve is able to deliver us from your burning, fiery furnace” (Daniel 3:17). And, of course, we know that He did. You must never measure any problem by your ability to handle it. You must measure it by God’s ability to handle it, for He is the One in whom you trust. God is able to do whatever He has promised to do. - excerpted from the book, Faith, by Chuck Smith
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:49:35 +0000
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