The Realm of the Impossible

UV 3433/10000 The Realm of the Impossible
And Zachariah said to the angel, “How will I be certain of this? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in age?”
Luke1 v 18

The Lord does many things in our lives as in the life of the aged priest Zachariah which are beyond the realm of natural possibility. Why does He choose to do it this way and not in some natural, normal way that we are accustomed to? He does it to prove to us that it is He and He alone who has done the miracles in our lives. Like us Zachariah was incredulous and found it difficult to believe that he and his wife would have a child in their old age. When he expressed this doubt and wanted some evidence of the the promise to be fulfilled, the angel revealed that He was Gabriel, the arch angel who ministered in the very presence of God. To this day, the Lord sends His messengers, either angels, prophets, servants of God to confirm His promises.

Zachariah’s wife conceived in a short time after the angelic revelation though Zachariah remained mute as a chastening by the angel for his disbelief and doubt. In the supernatural world, believing is seeing. We need to believe ahead of time the fulfilment of the promises of the Lord. Zachariah’s wife praised God for what was then thought to be a disgrace that she was barren was lifted. When the Lord looks on us with favour, He lifts our burdens and disgrace, even those that we have shared with no one. When it happens, our hearts are filled with joy, our minds with awe at the love and power of the Lord for though we know that nothing is impossible for Him that He has done it for us in real time is a sign of His extreme favour, His great and personal love for each of us.

The word “Gabriel” means God is my strength. We rely on Him for the fulfilment of our desires, wishes, dreams, potential, purpose. Today, under the new covenant, we have Jesus, the very Son of God ministering in the presence of God. How much more will His grace, power, love be made manifest in our lives! We need not like Zachariah ask for a sign but wait upon His will to be made manifest in the thing we are seeking, the burden that only He can lift, the issue that only He can solve. As long as we are in fellowship with Jesus through the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, we are living in extreme favour of the Lord. It is not as if we will only prosper in health and that we will have only favourable circumstances all the time but even if the unfavourable happens, the Lord will deliver, the Lord will give us strength to face it, overcome it, endure it and be the better for it. The Lord can speak life into a dead or barren womb. He can speak life into the worst situation. Our faith in His strength and trust in His love gives us earthly hope (in our current situations) and above all, eternal hope.