Nothing is Too Hard for God

 

“Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you…”

—Jeremiah 32:17

Have you ever faced a task that, no matter how hard you tried, you simply could not overcome the obstacles placed in front of you? Maybe you had to learn a foreign language. But, no matter how many vocabulary words, noun forms, and verb forms you tried to memorize, the most Spanish you could ever seem to learn was “El burro sabe mas que Jorge.”

Or, maybe the task was a physical one. I could stand and watch countless young men in high school gym class easily vault over the pommel horse. I would mentally prepare myself, run down the lane of mats, grab the pommels, and slam my body full force into the horse. I never came even close to getting over the top of my leather nemesis, let alone clear it with grace and style.

I can still hear a small child wailing in the preschool classroom while the teacher patiently tried to help this little one learn how to read. “It’s just too hard!” the child sobbed. “It’s just too hard.”

It’s good to know that we believers have a loving Father for whom nothing is too hard. He is, after all, God. Nothing is too hard for Him.

The Prophet Jeremiah was instructed by God to buy a piece of land. It seemed to Jeremiah that this was one of the silliest things that God had ever asked him to do. After all, war was afoot. In hours the enemy would overrun the land. What possible difference would it make who owned this particular piece of land.

Nevertheless, Jeremiah was obedient and did exactly as God asked him to do. Then, Jeremiah took a moment to pray. Here’s how Jeremiah’s prayer began, as recorded in Jeremiah 32:17:

“Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you…”

Jeremiah was nobody’s fool. He knew that as silly as God’s request seemed to him, he was not God. God alone was God. And, Jeremiah knew that God was all powerful. There was nothing that God could not do. Nothing was too hard for God.

This is something we should remember as we begin another day. No matter what task may pop up in front of us this day, no matter what problem, or difficulty, or hardship, or heartache may intrude on our lives, nothing is too hard for the God who loves us. He will empower us to will and to do of His good pleasure. The Holy Spirit will help us. And, nothing will be too hard for us, as well.

 

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