For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfilment. Luke 1:37 (AMP)
This ‘verse’ was spoken to a teenage Mary in the middle of a conversation she had with an Angel about how she would fall pregnant as a virgin and give birth to the Son of God, the Saviour of the world.
That's not your average conversation. Can you imagine the thoughts running through Mary’s mind?
The obvious one is how could she possibly have a child without having sex? It’s IMPOSSIBLE to conceive as a virgin.
But this wasn’t the only impossibility Mary was facing.
She was unmarried but betrothed to Joseph. Mary would have to explain to him that she fell pregnant miraculously by the spirit of God. Joseph had every right to reject Mary, and her family had every right and historically would most likely evict her from the home. Culturally she had very few rights and there was no welfare system… often unmarried pregnant girls ended up as slaves, exiled from their community, possibly living in the streets and turning to things like prostitution. If Joseph and Mary's family weren't willing to stand by her, she stood to lose her security, her family, and even her baby.
Have you ever wondered why God the father chose an unmarried virgin girl who stood to lose so much to carry and birth the Saviour of humanity into the world? It's a mind spin.
Yet, we believe it. “For with God nothing is ever impossible.”
Take a look at your life. What do you see as impossible for you? Don’t just look at the obvious things, but see into the nooks and crannies of your hopes and dreams… the things you’ve stopped believing, the fallout of lost hope.
Take a look at the lives of others… What do you see as impossible for them? What label do you give your neighbour?
From the outset, God smashed every human idea and concept of what His salvation would look like… it didn’t come wrapped in perfection… it was shrouded in impossibility, shadowed by fear. But hope was not squashed, and the impossible became reality, tangible, real… possible.
Replace those thoughts of impossibility with the encouragement of Mary, the hope of the cross, and by trusting in God the Father – nothing is impossible for Him.
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