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THURSDAY: The God Who Does the Impossible
- Jun 4
- 2 min read
Reading:
2 Kings 19:29-37
29 “And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 30 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord will do this. 32 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord. 34 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.” 35 And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh. 37 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Ephesians 3:20-21
20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Devotional:
God promised Hezekiah that the Assyrian army wouldn’t even shoot an arrow into Jerusalem. That night, one angel struck down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. One angel.
This raises an important question: Why do we panic when the God we serve has unlimited power? Our anxiety often reveals that we’ve forgotten who God is. He doesn’t need our help, our schemes, or our backup plans. He needs our trust.
Ephesians 3:20–21 reminds us that God is able to do “far more abundantly than all that we ask or think.” The same God who preserved a remnant, defended a city, and removed a global superpower from its siege—this God is your Great Physician and Defender.
Whatever impossible situation you face—financial ruin, terminal diagnosis, broken relationships—remember that nothing is too difficult for the Lord. Stop trying to control what only God can do. Worship Him as the One who specializes in impossibilities.
Reflection Question:
What “impossible” situation are you trying to solve in your own strength instead of trusting God’s power?
Response:
It sure does give perspective when we know that Paul’s words in Ephesians were actually written from a prison cell. Even though things weren’t going “his way” as he suffered in prison, this very letter would influence BILLIONS of people over 2000 years. Even in our suffering and in our struggle, God is up to something BIGGER.
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