No Word Will Fail
“For no word from God will ever fail.” “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her. — Luke 1:37-38 Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, "No word from God will ever fail." Wow. What a statement. That's pretty definitive. Without exception. If God said it, it's going to be done. The Phillips translation renders the verse this way, "For no promise of God can fail to be fulfilled." And many translations say, "For nothing will be impossible with God." If God has made a declarative statement of intent, it cannot fail to be fulfilled. As impossible as it may seem, with God nothing is impossible. Lord, you have said some things to me in the distant past that have seemed impossible. You have indicated some things to me recently that certainly seem improbable. Yet, I want my response to be just like Mary's, "May your word to me be fulfilled." I don't need to fully understand ...