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<p>&quot;Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm.<em> There is nothing too hard for You!&quot; </em>Jeremiah 32:17<br><br>
    Shut up in a prison in Jerusalem — the city about to be besieged, and its inhabitants threatened with captivity — the prophet is yet commanded to buy a field, observing all the customary forms of purchase, just as if matters were not at such an awful crisis. The Lord's servant obeys at once; without question or delay; he purchases the field, and weighs out the money, with apparently no chance of ever seeing or rejoicing in his possession. Splendid faith this! And we see the secret springs of his confidence when he exultingly says, &quot;Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm.<em> There is nothing too hard for You!&quot;</em><br><br>
    It is worthy of note that these words so pleased the Lord that, further on in the chapter, He takes them into His own lips, and repeats them to the prophet, asking, &quot;I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for Me?&quot; Jeremiah 32:26-27<br><br>
    Dear reader, your difficulties and trials may not be comparable or similar to those of &quot;the weeping prophet,&quot; but they are very real, and seemingly insurmountable to you; and it is a fact that, of yourself, you can neither overcome nor endure them, so I want to remind you that the Lord's hand is not shortened — that what was true of His power in Jeremiah's time, is as certainly true today — and that whatever present hardship may press upon you, or whatever burden may be weighing you down — you, yes, you may look up to Him with confident faith, and say, &quot;There is nothing too hard for You!&quot;<br><br>
    Oh, the blessed peace which such an assurance brings! I do not know what your particular sorrow or hardship may be — but I do know that, whatever its nature — cruel, or bitter, or hopeless — it is as &quot;nothing&quot; to Him! He is able to deliver you — as easily as you can call upon Him for support and help.<br><br>
    Now, dear friend, think of all the hard things there are in your life:<br />
      hard circumstances,<br />
      difficult duties,<br />
      grievous pains,<br />
      sore struggles,<br />
      bitter disappointments,<br />
      hard words,<br />
      hard thoughts,<br />
      a hard heart of your own,<br />
      a hard heart in others.<br><br>
    Gather all these, and many more together, and pile them one on another till you have one great mountain of afflictions — and your God still calmly asks the question, &quot;Is there anything too hard for Me?&quot;<br><br>
    When our hearts are weary of life's cares and crosses, when our courage flags because of our helplessness, and we cry out with the patriarch, &quot;All these things are against me!&quot; — what a support and stronghold is the fact that our God has all power in Heaven and on earth! There is nothing too mighty for Him to manage — there is nothing too insignificant to escape His notice! Jeremiah's faith . . .<br />
      sees no obstacles,<br />
      stumbles at no hindrances,<br />
      faints under no burden,<br />
      shrinks from no responsibilities — <br />
      because he realizes the sublime Omnipotence of God, and fortifies himself by calling to remembrance His &quot;stretched-out arm&quot; in the creation of the Heavens and the earth. Cannot we do likewise?<br><br>
    I took up a book, in a leisure moment, the other day, opened it carelessly, and this is what I read: &quot;It is a scientifically proved fact that this great globe on which we live, spins around on its axis at the rate of a thousand miles an hour, and swings through space in its orbit at a speed immensely greater!&quot;<br><br>
    The words seemed almost to take away my breath! Was I calmly and constantly living in the swirl of such a stupendous miracle as this? Then surely I could say, &quot;Ah, Lord God! there is nothing too hard for You. My little troubles and afflictions — how small they must be to You; yet with what tender compassion, do You stoop from guiding the worlds in their courses, to support and comfort the hearts of those who fear You!&quot;<br><br>
    Never let us give up in despair, while we have such a God to trust in. If there is a great mountain of sorrow or difficulty in your way, dear friend — do not be cast down by the darkness of its shadow. Your God can either make a way for you through it — or He can guide you around it — or, just as easily, He can carry you right over it! There is nothing too hard for Him! Expect Him to make the crooked things straight, and to bring the high things low; and while you keep humbly at His feet, He will work wondrously, and you shall see His salvation!
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