Nothing Is Too Hard For God - NOTHING!

Jeremiah puts the question straight: “Is there anything too hard for me?” God made the heavens and earth by great power and an outstretched arm, so nothing has ever reached the end of His power. The Old Testament keeps showing ordinary people in situations they cannot fix, seas they cannot cross, enemies they cannot defeat, fires they cannot survive, and walls they cannot tear down. God allows those places not only because people need a miracle, but because He wants to reveal His character.

The Red Sea reveals that God makes a way. Israel stood trapped, unable to go back, unable to go forward, and unable to fight Egypt, but God saw an opportunity to show His power. Exodus tells Israel to stand still, hold its peace, and see the salvation of the Lord. God tells Moses to use what is already in his hand, and the staff becomes part of a miracle that opens dry ground through the sea. God does not always remove the obstacle. God sometimes makes a path right through it, so His people come out knowing Him better than they did before.

The wilderness reveals that God provides and sustains. Israel quickly romanticizes Egypt after God delivers it from bondage, because discomfort makes the past look better than it really was. Manna comes every morning from a source Israel cannot manufacture, grow, purchase, or explain. God provides daily bread for forty years, showing that His provision is not a one-time touch but a continuing supply.

The rock reveals that God can bring help from the place least expected. God intentionally chooses what cannot naturally produce water so nobody can take credit except Him. God does not need the source people have picked out, the door they want opened, or the person they thought would come through. God can bring water out of a rock, because God gets the glory for what only God can do.

Jericho reveals that obedience can look foolish until it works. Israel receives unusual instructions: march, wait, blow the trumpet, shout, and trust God with the walls. God calls His people to do their part, while refusing to surrender His part to human strength. The walls fall flat because Israel obeys, and the final lap becomes a warning not to quit when breakthrough may be closer than it looks.

Hope becomes a rope in the story of Rahab. God lowers hope into impossible situations, even when the past looks horrible and nobody else understands what God is doing. Nothing is too hard for God. Nothing, not even that.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. Nothing is too hard for God [00:40] Jeremiah grounds confidence in the God who made heaven and earth, not in the size of the problem. Human ability can reach its end, but God has never reached the end of His power. Faith sometimes has to say “nothing” again when fear starts adding exceptions. [00:40]
• 2. God makes a way through [10:55] The Red Sea did not disappear before Israel moved forward. God made dry ground through the very thing that looked like a dead end. The greater victory was not merely escaping Egypt, but discovering that God could make a road where no road could be seen. [10:55]
• 3. Do not romanticize old bondage [15:41] Egypt looked better only after the wilderness became uncomfortable. Bondage can start looking attractive when obedience feels costly, but memory can lie about what God delivered. God calls His people forward, not backward into what once held them captive. [15:41]
• 4. Daily manna teaches daily trust [20:24] Manna could not be manufactured, purchased, grown, or explained. God gave it every morning for forty years, showing that sustaining grace is not merely an old testimony. Daily bread keeps the heart dependent on God instead of trying to live off yesterday’s provision. [20:24]
• 5. Obedience outlasts the sixth lap [39:05] Jericho did not fall because Israel found a better military strategy. God honored obedience that kept walking when nothing seemed to be changing. The lap that feels pointless may be the one just before the walls come down.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [00:18] - Nothing Is Too Hard for God
• [01:33] - Miracles Reveal God’s Character
• [05:16] - Stand Still at the Red Sea
• [08:26] - Use What Is in Your Hand
• [11:44] - God Makes a Way in the Wilderness
• [14:19] - Do Not Romanticize Egypt
• [17:41] - Manna Every Morning
• [22:27] - Water From a Rock
• [26:54] - Facing the Walls of Jericho
• [30:33] - Obedience Before Results
• [32:27] - Walls Fall Through Trust
• [39:05] - Do Not Quit on Lap Six
• [42:08] - Rahab’s Rope of Hope

1. In Exodus 14, what three commands does Moses give Israel before God delivers them from Egypt’s army?
2. What made Israel’s situation at the Red Sea seem impossible from a human point of view? [06:34]
3. According to Exodus 16:3-4, what did Israel remember about Egypt, and what did they forget about Egypt? [15:41]
4. What actions did Israel take at Jericho before the walls fell, and what part of the victory could only be done by God? [32:41]

1. Jeremiah 32:27 identifies God as “the God of all flesh.” How does that title change the way believers should measure a problem that feels beyond their ability? [02:01]
2. Moses tells Israel to stand firm and be silent, yet God also tells Moses to act. How can believers discern the difference between quietly trusting God and refusing to take the step of obedience God has given them? [09:26]
3. Israel’s hunger caused them to speak of Egypt as though it had been a better place. Why can discomfort in the present make old bondage seem attractive, even after God has brought someone out of it? [17:10]
4. Jericho fell after Israel followed instructions that did not look like a normal military strategy. What does this reveal about obedience when God’s direction does not yet make sense? [30:26]

1. What is one situation in your life that feels like a Red Sea—something you cannot go back to, cannot easily move through, and cannot fix by your own strength? What would it look like to “stand firm” and trust God in that situation this week? [07:12]
2. Is there any old habit, relationship pattern, mindset, or form of bondage that has started to look better because following God feels difficult right now? What truth about that former life do you need to remember? [15:41]
3. Where do you need daily manna from God rather than trying to live on yesterday’s strength, yesterday’s faith, or yesterday’s answer? What simple daily practice could help you come to God for fresh provision? [20:21]
4. Have you been telling God exactly how help must come—through a certain person, job, door, resource, or outcome? How can you stay open to God providing from an unexpected “rock”? [24:09]
5. What “wall” are you facing that cannot be pushed down by effort, worry, or human strength alone? What faithful step is yours to take while you leave God’s part in God’s hands? [32:41]
6. Where have you been tempted to quit because nothing seems to be changing? What might it look like to continue obeying rather than stopping on the sixth lap? [38:52]
7. Rahab’s rope points to hope lowered into an impossible situation. Where do you need to grab hold of hope today, even if other people do not understand what God is doing in your life? [43:00]