NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

 

April 3, 2025 

 

Letting go of the old 

to make room for resurrection and renewal.

This Week’s Theme Verse

John 12:24

“Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, 

it remains only a single seed. 

But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”

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Genesis 17:3-9

Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.” Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

 

In Genesis 17, God calls Abram into a new identity as Abraham, promising to make him the father of many nations. But this new covenant required Abraham to let go of his old identity and trust God’s plan, even when it seemed impossible. 

Now, we need to recall that when God delivered this message and call to Abram, his wife Sarai had not given birth to a child. A little further in Genesis 17:15-17 we read this, “God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” 17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” Do you see how impossible God’s promise seemed to Abraham.

Later in Genesis 18:12 Sarah’s response to God’s promise also elicited a chuckle. "So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?” God asks in verse 14 the deeply searching question “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”

The outcome of this account is that Abraham trusted God’s promise, like a seed falling to the ground, Abraham’s surrender opened the way for God’s promises to flourish.

Have you ever had to let go of an old dream or way of thinking to embrace something new, that seemed like it had an impossible outcome? We all know that change can be hard, we are reluctant to let go of parts of our life, however, this act of release is often the start of something beautiful.

Is there an area of your life where God might be asking you to let go of something old to embrace something new? Pray for the courage to trust His promises and take the next step of faith. We know the answer to the question, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Don’t we answer that in the words of the old Worship song, “Nothing, Nothing, Absolutely Nothing is Impossible for thee!!”