Tuesday // 24th December 2024
Never Impossible!
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy–the Son of God… For nothing will be impossible with God. (LUKE 1:35, 37)
HE ANCIENT OF DAYS BECAME a newborn. The One who created the first woman was born of a woman.
Though heaven and earth cannot contain Him, He chose to be confined to a human body. He chose to be held in the arms of a teenage girl, even though His own arms, His ” everlasting arms ” (Deuteronomy 33:27), hold the entire universe in place. He whose voice is “ powerful ” and “ full of majesty ” (Psalm 29:4) was reduced to communicating with the coo and cry of a tiny baby. He who “sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD who sits enthroned as king forever” (Psalm 29:10) exchanged His lofty throne for an animal’s feeding trough.
This year, however, as you prepare for Christmas, don’t start with what you already know of the story. Imagine yourself instead in the heart of a young girl. Before her name became written in Scripture -Mary believed. She believed the impossible. “For nothing will be impossible with God.” Surely, you’re faced with God-assigned tasks where you’re asking, “How can I do this? I don’t have the ability. I don’t have the time. I don’t have the resources. This is impossible!” But your task, like Mary’s task, is meant to be made possible only by the power of the Holy Spirit. You and I must be willing to surrender ourselves by faith and let God take over, knowing He alone can do the impossible through us.
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin