Nothing is Impossible With God

Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. (Luke 1:34-37)

Honestly, Mary asked a perfectly reasonable question: “How will this happen? I do not know a man. This is biologically impossible.” And Gabriel did not correct her for asking. He responded by telling her that the Holy Ghost would come upon her and the power of the Highest would overshadow her. In other words, God is going to do something that human biology cannot explain and does not need to.

Then he said the most important phrase that Mary needed to hear. “For with God nothing shall be impossible”. That word, nothing, in Greek is oudeis and means not one single thing. There is not one situation, circumstance, problem, or impossibility that is outside the reach of what God can do.

The virgin birth served as proof. There was no natural explanation for it, and no human mechanism could produce it. God completely bypassed the natural process and did something only He could do. He is still doing that today.

The situations in your life that have no clear explanation, no logical way forward, and no human solutions are not signs that God has forgotten you. Instead, they are the conditions in which God often shows up and does His best work because when it happens, no one can explain it besides Him. Don't restrict what God can do by insisting it has to make sense first. He doesn't need your understanding to act. He needs your faith.

Practical Application

Write down the thing in your life that feels most impossible right now. Then write next to it: "With God, nothing is impossible." Put it where you will see it. Every time fear or doubt talks about that situation, return to that declaration. Build your faith around what God said, not what the situation looks like.

Matthew 19:26; Genesis 18:14