Daring to Believe the Impossible

"Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you" (Jer. 32:17).

The early saints had a certain majesty, in that they dared to obey God's command in things that human reason would condemn. Whether it was Noah building a ship on dry land, Abraham offering up his only son, Moses forgoing the treasures of Egypt, or Joshua besieging Jericho for seven days, fighting without weapons but only the blasts of a ram's horn-they all acted on God's command, contrary to the dictates of human reason. And the Lord gave them all a rich reward as the result of their obedient faith.

If only, in these modern times, we had a more powerful infusion of this heroic faith in God. If we would risk we would enter into a world of wonders to which we are yet strangers. Let Jeremiah's shout of confidence be ours—nothing is too hard for the God who created the heavens and the earth.

—Charles Spurgeon