Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Is Anything too Hard for the Lord



  

Is Anything too Hard for the Lord





Watch what you laugh at

Or

 you too might be ashamed!






When I was a boy,
I remember discussing with my brothers
the things God could and could not do.

We thought about some of the craziest things
that a child’s mind could think of.

The Bible tells us one thing God can not do,
He can not lie.

But what are the limits to what He can do?

Abraham was sitting on his tent porch one day
when he saw three men approaching.

It amazes me how Abraham
knew it was the Lord.

It was more than a vision
because he fed the men
and Sarah heard them speak.

Wow!  
Wouldn’t you like to have
a visitation like that?
After they ate,
the Lord said,
He will return in a year
and Sarah will have a son.

Sarah laughs to herself,
but the Lord heard her
and gave this amazing question to ponder:

“Is there anything too hard for the Lord?”

Sarah realized how wrong she was to doubt God
and she responded with a lie
- wrong again!

What if Sarah could ask us,
 how would we have responded?

It is easy for us
to say God can do anything;
but how easy is it for us
to believe God can do anything?

I know we have a good excuse,
God did not show up at our door step
and eat our meal.

Somehow I don’t think God is willing
to give us the right to doubt His abilities.

So the next time you hear
someone talk about God’s ability
to do the impossible,
think twice before you laugh.

Or, you might catch yourself
trying to cover it up
with a lie.


Scripture Reading

Genesis 18:1-15 NIV

18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre
while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby.
When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them
and bowed low to the ground.

3 He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.
4 Let a little water be brought,
and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.
5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way — now that you have come to your servant."
"Very well," they answered, "do as you say."
6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah.
"Quick," he said, "get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread."

7 Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice,
tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
8 He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared,
and set these before them.
While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him.
"There, in the tent," he said.
10 Then the LORD said,
"I will surely return to you about this time next year,
and Sarah your wife will have a son."

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years,
and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought,
"After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say,
'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?'
14 Is anything too hard for the LORD?
I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh."

But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."


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