Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. Jer. 32:17 (ESV)
Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son. Gen. 18:4 (ESV)
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear. Isa. 59:1 (ESV)
Heavenly Father, on this Monday in October, we come to you hungry as baby birds, and just as vulnerable. But as these three Scriptures attest, our greatest challenges, and most “impossible” situations, are no match for your mercy and might. We praise, bless, and adore you for your attentive ear, outstretched arm, and appointment book.
When in doubt about your alertness to our need or the goodness of your heart, all we have to do is look at Jesus, and consider everything you’ve done for us in him. Having given us Jesus, surely you will give us everything else we need (Rom. 8:32). And for the things we think we must have (but don’t, really), you’ll give us sufficient grace (2 Cor. 12:9). Father, may we never see “sufficient grace” as less than Plan A.
Some us feel like laughing (or crying) like Sarah, as we consider our “impossible situations.” Some of us feel it’s more probable that a 90-year-old Sarah could give birth to baby Isaac (Gen. 18:12) than likely we’ll see a redemptive outcome to certain challenges in front of us, heartaches we carry, or broken stories we inhabit.
Nonetheless, we come to you, Abba Father, we run to you; and we find that it is you are running even faster toward us. Grant us faith in the place of our fretting; trust in the place of our tantrums; and worship in the place of our worries. Father, grant us peace even before the storm subsides. In the coming hours, days, and weeks, bring great glory to yourself in our various conundrums and crises. So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ beautiful and trust-worthy name.