What God Cannot Do Doesn't Exist

There have been moments in my life when I sat quietly with my Bible open and my heart full of questions. I wasn't doubting God. I was simply wondering how He was going to do what only He could do. My prayers were not only for me. They were for my children, my family, and the people I love. I could see the problem clearly. What I couldn't see was God's solution.

I've noticed something about myself over the years. Whenever a new challenge comes, my mind immediately begins calculating possibilities. I think about resources, timing, finances, people who might be able to help, and every possible outcome. Before long, I have exhausted myself trying to solve a problem that was never mine to solve in the first place.

Then God gently reminds me of something I should already know. I have walked with Him too long to forget His faithfulness. As a mother of five sons, my prayers have changed over the years. They are no longer prayers about scraped knees, homework assignments, or school activities. Today they are prayers for purpose, protection, wisdom, health, families, and futures. Although they are grown, a mother's heart never stops praying.

There have been nights when I lay awake wondering, Lord, how are You going to work this out? Not only for me, but for my children as well. I could only see what was directly in front of me. I could see the obstacle, but I could not see the answer.

Yet as I look back over my life, I realize something beautiful. I've stood in places like this before. At the time, each trial felt like the biggest mountain I had ever faced. Today, many of those mountains have become memorials. They no longer remind me of how difficult life was; they remind me of how faithful God was. The names of the situations were different. The circumstances were different. The worries were different. But the God who carried me through them all has never changed.

When I couldn't see the answer...What God cannot do doesn't exist. When my children faced challenges beyond my reach... What God cannot do doesn't exist. When doors seemed closed and I couldn't imagine another way forward...What God cannot do doesn't exist.

That is exactly what Abraham and Sarah had to learn. God promised them a son long after human possibility had disappeared. Every visible circumstance declared the promise impossible. Yet God asked one simple question: "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" (Genesis 18:14). The answer was not found in an explanation. It was found in Isaac.

Throughout Scripture, God has built a history of doing what people thought could never be done. He parted the Red Sea. He fed Israel in the wilderness. He shut the mouths of lions. He preserved three faithful men in the fiery furnace. He raised Lazarus from the grave. Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, He defeated sin and death forever. The Bible is more than a collection of miracles. It is the testimony of God's faithfulness from generation to generation.

When I look over my shoulder, I don't just see problems that were solved. I see a lifetime of evidence. I see prayers I thought would never be answered. I see doors that opened at just the right time. I see strength that arrived when mine was gone. I see my children carried through seasons that only God could have brought them through. My testimony has become my evidence.

The older I become, the more I realize that faith is not believing God because everything makes sense. Faith is remembering that He has never failed me before. Age has given me something I didn't have when I was younger, a long memory of God's faithfulness.

So today, when another challenge appears, as it surely will, I choose not to measure God's ability by what I can see. Instead, I measure today's problem against yesterday's faithfulness. If He has never failed me before, why would I believe He will begin today? And if my life has taught me anything, it is this: What God cannot do doesn't exist.

Pearl's Prayer:

Father, thank You for giving me a lifetime of evidence that You are faithful. Thank You for every mountain that has become a memorial of Your grace and every prayer that became a testimony of Your power. Help me to remember Your faithfulness when I cannot yet see Your plan. Strengthen my faith to trust You with my life, my children, and every unanswered question, knowing that nothing is too hard for You.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

I am the Vessel , God is the Grace