Don't Miss the Chance

~~~ Isaiah 7: 10-14 ~~~ Psalm 24 ~~~ Luke 1: 26-38 ~~~

 

"...for nothing will be impossible for God."

 

These were the final words spoken to Mary

by the angel Gabriel sent from God.

Whenever we are tempted to fall into the trap of thinking all is lost;

that there is no hope...these words should bring us

the hope we so desperately need.

Nothing is impossible for God, but at the same time

he does not do all the things we want him to do.

Furthermore he rarely acts within our timetable for results.

 

Mary, while prepared spiritually for this angelic encounter

feared that physically it was not possible.

The angel quickly gave her an explanation...

 

"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you..."

 

Most people today would not find that a plausible explanation.,

but Mary was satisfied...she believed

that what the angel of God said was possible.

 

The angel goes on to reveal more seemingly

impossible news about her relative, Elizabeth, being with child too.

 

God had carefully laid out his plan for salvation.

And if he needed some impossible events to occur for this plan to work

he set them into motion.

 

We may be confined within the boundaries of nature, but

for God no such boundaries exist.

 

Mary had the child like qualities that we all admire...

She had big dreams for her future and

her heart remained open to all things being possible.

 

By contrast Ahaz had withdrawn into his small world;

even when urged to ask for a sign from God he shrank from

the possibility of God granting such a request.

 

Before giving God a chance to answer him Ahaz.

Ahaz missed the chance to have the impossible experience with God.

He made God too small.

 We too are sometimes guilty of doing the same...

making God too small.

 

 

If we believe that nothing is impossible for God

 we must break down all barriers...

especially the barriers of our heart.

We must open ourselves, as Mary did,

to the unfathomable.

 

What is it that you think God cannot accomplish?

Is it health, relationship, monetary, spiritual?

 

Mary said okay God if you say this is possible that I should be with child

without having relations with a man then

let it be done unto me.

 

Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word."

 

The Holy Spirit bursts forth the impossible bringing it into the present.

Are you ready to have an impossible experience with God?

Don't miss the chance!