Webbijbel
Gert-Jan Van Zanten
Is anything to hard for the Lord?
Jer 32:17 Ah Lord
Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy
great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard
for thee,
Jer 32:27 Behold, I am
Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
When we consider the character of God we come to understand that we
serve a God for whom nothing is to hard. For Him nothing is
impossible. He is the one that created and made the whole universe.
He is the mighty one.
In the verses above we find Jeremiah perplexed with having been made
the owner of land and at the same time he knows that the land will
be taken by the Chaldeans. What is then the use of having become the
owner of land?
Well, the Lord helps him to understand that a remnant will return at
a later time and Jeremiah will then own the land.
These things help him to understand that there is indeed a use for
being the owner of land.
By faith he understands these principles. Jeremiah is at rest when
he hears these words from God. He can rest because he placed his
faith in a living God. A living God, God who is still alive today.
Christians live by faith. Christians believe in the promises of God,
not in the things they can see with their eyes, not in the things
that they can touch, they believe in the things that they cannot
touch.
2Co 5:6 Being therefore
always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in
the body, we are absent from the Lord
2Co 5:7 (for we walk by
faith, not by sight);
2Co 5:8 we are of good
courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body,
and to be at home with the Lord.
Christians are faced with similair issues in their lives.
Christians are going through hard times, hard issues. Christians
find themselves in the same place as Jeremiah, the circumstances
will differ but the element remains the same. Stuck between the
pressures of life and the unseen future. Some of us will find
ourselves in a bad marriage, some of us go through sickness, some of
us go through shattered dreams, some of us go through times of deep
grief. We all have our own story to tell. But take courage. God is
alive!!!
When Jeremiah would have looked with his eyes and would hear with
his ears there would be little hope. But he served a living God, who
was far greater then the Chaldeans.
When we consider verses 17- 25 we see that Jeremiah gives many
reasons to believe that God would turn evil into good and that He
was able to do so.
He made his mind wonder back to the old days. He put into his memory
all the good things that God had done, and it brought him to rest.
(2 Cor. 10: 5)
A. He made the heavens and the earth by His great and outstretched
arm.
B. He shows lovingkindness to thousands and their generations.
C. He repays the iniquity of the fathers in the bosom of their
children.
D. God is great in counsel and mighty in work.
E. God set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt
F. God made Himself a name.
We are also confirmed in Ephesians 3: 20, 21
Eph 3:20 Now unto him
that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Eph 3:21 unto him be
the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for
ever and ever. Amen.
Understanding God is able brings a greater respect for and
appreciation of the provisions He has made for us.
-Psalm 8: 1- 4
God can do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we can ask or
imagine.
Jeremiah could look at the future with great anticipation because of
the great and wonderful promises of God.
When he looked with his own eyes and listen with his own ears he
would get down.
However, he looked with the eyes of faith and heard with the ears of
faith and he overcame.
And so can we, we all find ourselves in deep distress at times.
Broken dreams, a shattered relationship, health-issues, financial
problems etc. But God is able.
1. God Is Able, Beyond All Comparison
There is nothing impossible or too hard for our God
-Luke 1:37
-Matthew 19:26
-Luke 18:27
-Mark 10:27
-Genesis 18:14
-Job 42:2
Job 42:1 Then Job
answered Jehovah, and said,
Job 42:2 I know that
thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be
restrained.
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restrained
a. To hold back or keep in check; control: couldn't
restrain the tears.
b. To hold (a person) back; prevent: restrained them
from going.
2. To deprive of freedom or liberty.
3. To limit or restrict. |
God is the one who is all powerful. He is the one that works
according to His own counsel.
And whatever He does cannot be restrained. Whatever He does, no one
can change.
Psa 2:4 He that sitteth
in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psa 2:5 Then shall he
speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psa 2:6 Yet have I set
my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
In Davids day, David went to God and wanted to know why all the
kings and nations were standing up against him. He was afraid and
went to God.
God replied that He laughed about the plans of mankind. He was in
control and not mankind. So mankind could stand up to God, but God
would do as He had planned to do. Man wanted to take David off the
throne, but God would not allow that for He had made David king and
nobody or nothing could change that.
God laughed about all of these things.
So, we read in Rom. 8 that nothing when God is for us, no one can be
against us. When He stands on our side, no one can change what He
wants to accomplish in our lives.
2. The disposition of those who believe that God is able.
The Christian, for whom these things are true, can live a life of
such peace and hope. For in all things the Christian will believe
that God will provide.
Thoughtful and trusting
-Hebrews 11:17-19
Confident and trusting
-2 Timothy 1:12
Patient and trusting
-Daniel 3:13- 18
-1 John 5:14- 15
The world of God is such a different world.
In 2 Cor. 5: 17- 19, we
find the words that all things have become new.
Do we realize how much have become new? When we become a new
creature in Christ, all things are going to change, not just the
fact that our sins are forgiven, but we are being restored to our
true identity in Christ.
So we have come into a state of forgivess, we are brought into a
state of having a relationship with God. When we come into Christ we
become an adopted child of God.
When a child is adopted, the child is getting so much more then just
a room to sleep. He is getting a true father and mother who is going
to look after him. He is getting food and shelter every-day, he is
going to school to learn, he is getting
3. God Is able to do amazing things.
God is able to speak the world into existence from nothing.
-Hebrews 11:3
-Romans 1:19, 20
The same Word that spoke them into existence released the
waters in the foundations of the deep and opened the windows of
heaven and covered the planet with water.
-2 Peter 3:46
The same Word gathered them together again and holds them in
store.
-Genesis 9:11
-Isaiah 54:9
God can cause a very old barren woman to conceive and have a child.
-Genesis 18:12, 13
-Luke 1:714
God is able to do marvelous miracles.
-Romans 4:21
-Matthew 9:28
When we look at all these words we come to understand that we serve
a mighty God.
We do not only serve Him, we also know that He is the one that made
promises.
1Pe 5:6 Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
you in due time;
1Pe 5:7 casting all your
anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
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Casting: G1977
epirrhiptō
to throw upon (literally or figuratively):
- cast upon. |
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Careth: G3199
melō
A primary verb; to be of interest
to, that is, to concern (only third person
singular present indicative used impersonally it
matters): - (take) care.
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The Lord can make strong the weak and make rich the poor.
-Isaiah 35
God is able to take the man that it would seem impossible to
save and save him.
-1 Timothy 1:1216
God is able to take a poor insignificant people and make them a
power for good throughout the world.
-2 Corinthians 9: 812
He can provide whatever resources or means they need in order to
accomplish His work.
-Genesis 45:48; 50:20
God is able to make the weak brother stand.
-Romans 14:4
God is able to graft back in that which was cut off.
-Romans 11:23
God is able to save man entirely, that is, to the end. He is able to
keep him from falling and to present him faultless at the judgment.
-Hebrews 7:25
-Jude 24
-John 10:29
God is able to deliver men from tremendous peril and trial.
-Daniel 3:17; 6:20
-2 Chronicles 32:14
-2 Peter 2:49
And He is able to succor and comfort them in the midst of these
trials.
-Hebr. 2: 18
4. God is able to raise the dead. (1 Corinthians 15:51)
God raised Christ from the dead. He is the first-fruit.
Among all the things that God is able to do, the most marvelous and
significant for us is the
resurrection from the dead.
-Acts
26:8
-John 5:28, 29
The life of the believer is molded and directed by the conviction
that God is able to raise the dead.
-Hebrews 11:19
-1 John 3:13
-Phil 3:20, 21
-1 Corinthians 15:34
God will call forth the dead from the graves and they will be raised
and changed into immortal, incorruptible beings.
-1 Corinthians 15:4244; 5154
In all these verses and thoughts we see that we serve a mighty God.
We started out with the story of Jeremiah. Jeremiah had to buy a
piece of land while he knew that the nation of Israel would be taken
captive. However with his eyes of faith he learned that God had
something bigger in mind.
Reader, take courage in whatever situation you find yourself in. God
is doing a work in your life, and please, do stand amazed. Do not go
against Him, do not become bitter (Hebr. 12: 15) but give yourself
over into His hands. Hands that are bigger and mightier then our
hands.
Hands that are bigger and mightier then our lives. He is the creator
and sustainer of His creation.
You are His new creation and He will not leave what His hands has
started. Rest in His promises and be at rest in the Lord.
