Impossible

December 15, 2024

 “For with God nothing will be impossible.”” —Luke 1:37 

Another version translates these words, “For no word of God will never fail.” 

I like this translation because it clears up a misconception that many have about what is or is not possible with God. Years ago, a skeptic posited this question about this verse: “Could God make a stone so large he couldn’t lift it?” Of course, such a question is nonsense, but it illustrates how Scripture can be twisted and perverted. 

This promise simply states that what God promised to do, he will do. That is both good and bad. God promises to reward the faithful, but also to punish those who do evil. In case you are worried which side of the fence you are on, the Good News is that God meted out upon his Son the punishment you and I deserved. He said, “the soul that sins shall die” (Ezekiel 18:4, 20), but he also said, ““For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (II Corinthians 5:21). God’s Word shall never fail.

There’s a lot of things we think we can count on in life, only to discover that riches fail, friends betray, health falters. Only God’s Word is sure. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:35). Believe it. Count on it. God’s Word shall never fail.