EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
3/7/2026 8:25 AM
My
Worship Time
Focus: “God’s Sovereignty”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke 1:37
Message of the verse: “For nothing will be impossible with
God.”
It is one thing to say something is
going to happen, but quite another to make it happen, unless it is God
speaking. What Mary heard was, she
realized, humanly impossible. Therefore,
Gabriel reminded her that because God’s unlimited power, then nothing will
be impossible with Him. The proof
Gabriel offered, as noted above, in the last SD, was Elizabeth’s conception of
John.
However there was another older
couple that God miraculously allowed to conceive a child. Mary would have been familiar with the Old
Testament account of Isaac’s birth to Abraham and Sarah seen in Genesis
18:1-15. “1 ¶ And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of
Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three
men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door
to meet them and bowed himself to the earth 3 and said, "O Lord, if I have found favor
in your sight, do not pass by your servant. 4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your
feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, 5 while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may
refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on— since you have come to your
servant." So they said, "Do as you have said." 6 And Abraham went quickly into the tent to
Sarah and said, "Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make
cakes." 7 And Abraham ran to the
herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared
it quickly. 8 Then he took curds and
milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by
them under the tree while they ate. 9 ¶
They said to him, "Where is Sarah
your wife?" And he said, "She is in the tent." 10 The LORD said, "I will surely return to
you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And
Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in
years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. 12 So Sarah
laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old,
shall I have pleasure?" 13 The LORD
said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a
child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is
anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about
this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son." 15 But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not
laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh.’” Like Zacharias and Elizabeth, Abraham and
Sarah were well beyond their childbearing years. Genesis 18:12-14 is the key passage of that
account which is highlighted above in yellow.
Gabriel’s emphatic declaration that
nothing is impossible for God answered God’s rhetorical question in verse 14.
(highlighted above) If nothing is too hard for God’s omnipotence, then
everything is possible with Him (Psalm 115:3; Daniel 4:35).”
(Psalm 115:3; Daniel 4:35)
3 Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he
pleases.”
“35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted
as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and
among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him,
"What have you done?’”
God, whose
power knows no limits (Deut. 3:24; Job 9:4; Psalm 89:13), and who is not bound
by the laws of nature that He created can accomplish anything consistent with
His holy nature and purposes. Gabriel’s
reminder of what God had done in the past reassured Mary of His power to keep
His word to her now.
(Deut. 3:24; Job 9:4; Psalm 89:13)
“24 ’O Lord GOD, you have only begun to show your
servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or
on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?”
“4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength—
who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?”
“13 You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand,
high your right hand. 14 Righteousness
and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go
before you.’
3/7/2026
8:41 PM
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