Our Inabilities Are God’s Possibilities
When God made His promise to Abraham, “No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations” (Genesis 17:5), Abraham didn’t have the son promised by God through Sarah. Further, he was ninety-nine years old, and Sarah was about ninety, both well past their childbearing years.
But what is impossible to us is possible with God. This was the Apostle Paul’s pointed out as he continues his argument of faith alone through Abraham’s life.
“As it is written: ‘I have made you a father of many nations.’ He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.” (Romans 4:17)
Abraham’s faith was in God alone. Abraham’s faith was in the all-powerful God who has the power to breathe life where no life exists. Abraham believed that God could give life, make alive, vitalize, revive, and resurrect the dead. His faith was in the Lord who can create something where nothing exists.
But Abraham’s faith was not just in the promises, but also in the One who is able to keep His promises.
God is not inhibited by what seems impossible or dead to us. God is not limited by our limitations or our inabilities. What God has promised only He can fulfill and will fulfill because He is God.
When Mary questioned how she could possibly give birth when she never had sex with a man, the angel said, “Nothing is impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37)
So, let’s put our faith in God and not in what circumstances may dictate, or what we think we can do, because our inabilities are God’s possibilities, and God is a promise keeping God even when such promises seem impossible.
This was Paul’s main argument saying, “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13)
Dennis Lee is Senior Pastor at Living Waters Fellowship, Mesquite, Nevada. He presently has two books, “From Here to There: A Journey to Spiritual Transformation,” and “Wells of Living Waters,” He also writes a religious column for a local newspaper entitled, “Rediscover the Bible for Life,” along with daily devotionals and thoughts that he posts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Living Waters Fellowship’s Website
Correct, Abraham’s faith was in God alone. Abraham’s faith was in the all-powerful God who has the power to breathe life where no life exists. Sometimes we belittle God – not receptive that He is Truth and Love, and All in All. Romans 8:6-8 tells us; ‘………. to be spiritually minded is life and peace’
Your friend – His Servant,
Isaac Otieno
Thank you for your comment and insight. I pray you have a great rest of your week. Take care and God bless.
In reading this, I am also reminded of another indication of Abraham’s faith, when his faith was tested by God, in a statement he made to the young men who were with him when he was about to go up to the mountain in Moriah in obedience to God when He had told him to sacrifice his son, Isaac. In verse Genesis 22:5 he sates, “And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.” The key word is “we”. Abraham remembered God’s promise to make him a father of many nations, even when God asked him to sacrifice his son. Yet he knew that God was faithful to keep His promise to him. Then when Isaac asked his father where the lamb was for burnt offering, Abraham’s response to Isaac was, “And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.” (verse 8)
Thank you Debbie, you stated that very well and very clearly. Have a great rest of your week. God bless