Doing Hard Things

Scripture Reading: Genesis 18:1-15
Focus Verses: Genesis 18:14 “Is anything too hard for the Lord?  I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”  Jeremiah 32:27  “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.  Is there anything too hard for Me?”

Our December camp in Kenya had the theme “Nothing is too hard for God.”  Many people don’t like doing hard things.  They put them off to do later.  For me, I like to go ahead do them, and put it behind me.  Like hard conversations with people, going to the doctor, hard financial decisions.  These things are not fun.  But the hard things in life give us an opportunity to trust God about them.

God told Abraham and Sarah something that was hard to believe.  God promised them a son in their old age.  Hebrews 11:11 says, “And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered Him faithful who had made the promise.”

What are some hard things you are facing this year?  Is it a failing marriage you need to do something about?  Is it hard financial decisions you know you should make?  Maybe it’s a hard conversation you know you need to have with your employer because of a situation at your work.  Maybe it’s a temptation, and yielding to that temptation to do something wrong, and you know you need to put a hard stop to it. Some of us face really hard things we know we need to do.  Trust God to help you.  God wants an opportunity to show Himself faithful to you.  God wants to show you that He is stronger than the hard things you face.  He wants to help you make the hard choices. 

Faith, is what can get you through the hard things.  By faith, you can believe what the Lord has said.  Just like Abraham and Sarah by faith believed what the Lord had said.  Jesus is with you, not only through the good times, but most importantly through the hard difficult times.  In Luke 18:27 Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”  Pray for God to give you the strength and courage to do the hard things.

Extra Reading:  Job 42:2,  Isaiah 40:29, Jeremiah 32:17, Luke 1:37, Romans 4:21

Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries