Nothing is Impossible with God

Luke 1:26-38, 46-56

I can’t even begin to imagine what it must have felt like for Mary to experience an angel coming down to tell her that she’s going to miraculously conceive a child… oh and not just any child. This child would be called that “the Son of the Most High” and would be the savior of the world. Um WHAT?!

She must have been feeling so many emotions at once – confusion, excitement, fear, doubt. Mary even asked the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” Understandably, none of it made sense to her. Fortunately, God doesn’t call the equipped. She didn’t have to have all the answers or feel prepared for what was being asked of her. Rather, He equips the called. He was going to provide everything she needed. All God wanted from her was her trust.

In this moment, Mary had two choices. She could dismiss the angel because of how ridiculous and impossible everything he was saying sounded OR she could choose to surrender, blindly trusting God and stepping into what He was calling her to do. Of course, being the woman of faith that she is, Mary chose to trust.

How would you have responded? Have you ever felt God asking you to do something that seemed entirely impossible in the moment? Did you walk away, or did you trust and surrender?

I love how the angel references the way Mary had seen God work in her cousin Elizabeth’s life. It’s like he’s saying, “You’ve seen God perform miracles in the lives of the people you love, what makes you think He can’t do the same in yours.” Luke 1:37 says, “For nothing will be impossible with God.” Wow - what a powerful reminder.

It makes me think of Ephesians 3:20, which tells us that God is able to do far more abundantly than anything we could ask or imagine. He sees things we can’t, He knows what’s best for us, and He comes through in ways we would never expect. With Him, anything is possible. As in Mary’s case, all He asks for is our trust.

In Luke 1:46-56, we see Mary singing a song of praise to the Lord. Instead of trying to control the situation or worrying about what others may think like many of us might have done, she chooses gratitude. Jesus hasn’t even been born yet, but she already believes that everything God promised her will come to be.

I pray that all of us can be like Mary in this way and have faith so deep that we trust and surrender even when things seem impossible, always remembering that nothing is impossible with God.

Carmen K