ElaineTavolacci
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February 13, 2016
Is Anything too Hard for the Lord?
There
is a story in the bible about a great man of faith named Abraham.
Abraham and his wife Sarah left their families and even their country
trusting the Lord at His word to bless them and make them a great
nation. In Genesis chapter seventeen the Lord appeared to him when he
was ninety nine years old and told him that his wife Sarah was going to
have a baby boy the following year. She would be ninety and he would be
one hundred years old. Abraham fell on his face and laughed. Although he
was a man of faith, this sounded ridiculous to him. In chapter
eighteen, The Lord appeared to him again as three men came to him. He
told Abraham once again that Sarah was going to have a son. Sarah
overheard this conversation and she also laughed in unbelief. Although
they trusted the Lord all along, they were now looking at their
situation in the natural which was their old age. Then the Lord said to
Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I surely bear a child,
since I am old?' Is anything too hard for the Lord?
The Lord says, is there
anything too difficult for Me? Don't allow situations in the natural to
steal your faith. Trust in My promises and provisions. Do not see
yourself as inadequate but know that I can do more with your life than
you could do in the natural. I am El Shaddai and nothing is too
difficult for Me. Just as I asked Abraham to sacrifice that which was
most precious to him, his son was returned back to him unharmed. I will
not take from you that which I promised to you. Just as I told Abraham
to leave everything behind and trust Me in the journey ahead, I am
calling you to trust Me with your future. Just as I lead Abraham, I will
also lead you. I am the same yesterday, today and forever and I am
still speaking today. Just as I honored Abrahams prayers and did not
destroy the city for ten righteous, will I not honor your prayers? Trust
Me for your families, your cities and even your countries to be brought
into My kingdom. Believe My word to answer every prayer and
supplication.
Don't make hasty decisions
which will produce an Ishmael. Wait on that which I have promised to you
because it shall surely come to pass. Just as I made a Covenant with
Abraham, I have made a Covenant with you. Wait on the promise, your
promised seed, Isaac is on the way. Don't allow the enemy to magnify the
difficulties in your life and make situations appear impossible. I will
bring you through tough times that you have not been able to go through
on your own, and open the doors that need to be opened. Trust Me to
move every obstacle that is blocking you from getting to your
destination. Go forward in that which I have commissioned for you to do.
Go without fear or wavering, surrendering all for the assignment and
promise that I have for your life; says the Lord.
Genesis 17:15-17
Then God
said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name
Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give
you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of
nations; kings of peoples shall be from her." Then Abraham fell on his
face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man
who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old,
bear a child?"
Genesis 18:10 -14
And He said,
"I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and
behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the
tent door which was behind him.) Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well
advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Therefore
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old, shall I
have pleasure, my lord being old also?" And the Lord said to Abraham,
"Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I surely bear a child, since I am
old?' Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will
return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son."
Romans 4:3
Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Hebrews 11:8 -12
By
faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he
would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he
was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign
country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of
the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations,
whose builder and maker is God. By faith Sarah herself also received
strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the
age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Therefore from
one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the
sky in multitude-innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.
__________________ Elaine Tavolacci
www.awordinseason.info
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