Here it is, from Jeremiah 32:27 (ESV).
“The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, ‘Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?”
He is the Lord of all flesh, and think about that phrase: “Is anything too hard for me?”
At first glance, our minds go to God saying, “Yes, I can move that rock, Jeremiah.”
But it’s actually a broader statement than that, according to Strong.
There, the definition of the Hebrew word for “hard” means “to be wonderful, extraordinary, to be difficult, to be marvelous.“
In other words, it’s more than just God’s simple, brute force. It’s also his beauty and the marvel in the marriage of the two.
God isn’t just flexing his muscles and saying he’s stronger than anything. He seems to be saying his strength works in concert with the wonderful, marvelous thing he’s going to use that strength for.
Like Christ crushing the snake in the garden. Strength and marvel.
Which leads to our redemption. And our hope.
The wiping away of tears, sorrow, pain – all that we read about in Revelation (but still don’t believe most hours of the day, God help me).
That’s the strength and marvel of it all.
So tonight, today, whenever you’re reading this, remember: God is stronger, has already….
….And will do something far greater and more marvelous than we could imagine, thanks to the strength and marvel of crushing that snake.
If you feel stuck in forever, you won’t be. Keep running the race. Even if it means running it from a place of despair. Even if it’s running it from bed, or a strangely hopeless faith that somehow still manages to be faith.
The strength that crushed the snake is now working for you. Behind the scenes, it’s working in a way you can’t believe.
For readers from the United States….
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For salvation, Christ and Christ alone.
[Photo: The Passion of the Christ].
