Jeremiah 32:26-27
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?
Jeremiah is a prophet who was sent to the nation of Israel to warn them of the certain doom of the city and assured capture of the people. He was sent during time that the King of Israel was trying to rally the troops and cause them to fight against the King of Babylon. But, Jeremiah was telling everyone that God wanted them to go off in peaceful surrender to the Babylonians. We have no modern comparison of his role in current historical memories. It would be like someone saying after the bombing of the Word Trade Centers on 9/11 to surrender to the Jihadists who wanted all U.S. Citizens dead. If a voice like that would have emerged in the public square we would have most assuredly rebuke him/her and cast them out of our presence. This is where we find Jeremiah in this section of the prophecy. Jeremiah is in prison for speaking God's Word. It was a Word that was contrary to the King and the fight of the nation. In the midst of this imprisonment Jeremiah states the following:
Jeremiah 32:17-18
Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. You show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord of hosts,
In light of Jeremiah's proclamation we see the Lord's response in the verses stated above ... God agrees with Jeremiah and declares, "Is anything to hard for me?" Jeremiah proclaims it in a rhetorical question and the Lord states it back in a rhetorical question. This is awesome!!! When we are facing our own captivity do to sin in our lives, shouldn't we ask the same question, rhetorically ... it needs to answer, as it comes with an implied Amen! There is nothing to hard for God, even the sin we find ourselves in and need His forgiveness to escape. Whatever fear we have ought to be viewed in the context of that statement ... "Is anything to hard for me?" There is nothing we face that is too hard for God! God, who made the universe and controls ever aspect of the created world, can handle any issue you and I face. That is the truth. In the immediate context God goes on to tell the nation, via Jeremiah, that the very city they are in will be burnt with fire ... but be restored to honor God. God tells them that the very king telling them to fight will be taken into captivity ... but that God will assure King David and the Levitical priestly line will never lack someone to sin on the throne. Is anything to hard for God? He will tell them in just a few sentences after these verses the He will take their hard and rebellious hearts and make them hearts that follow hard after Him. Is anything to hard for God?
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