Wed., 1/17/18 Devotion (Gen. 18:14a)

Today's encouragement comes from Genesis 18:14a, where we read these great words:

"Is anything too hard for the LORD? . . . "

Usually, when we think of this well-known phrase from the Bible (above), we do not think of it in high enough terms. We might be asking, "Could God give me a Maserati?"; when, in fact, we ought to be mulling over the great ques-tion, "Could God actually save a sinner, who is hopelessly lost in and of him-self?"

Nothing is too hard for God because no amount of glory is too great for the honor and majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ, the One who has miraculously provided atonement through His blood for all the people of His church.

[Puritan quote of the day: "It never came into God's thoughts to make a new covenant upon terms of worthiness. If God should show mercy to none but such as are worthy, then must He show mercy to none.” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]