“Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, and Sarah shall have a son.”
— Genesis 18:14

Sarah laughed. The promise was too big, too late, too impossible. She was old, her womb barren, and the years of waiting had dulled her hope. When the Lord declared that she would bear a son, her instinctive response was not worship but laughter—a quiet, hidden laugh of disbelief. Yet God’s reply still echoes through the ages: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”

This question is not just for Sarah—it is for you and me. When the promise seems delayed, when the problem looks impossible, when the dream feels dead, the Lord asks us the same question. It is not a rebuke; it is an invitation to trust. He is reminding us that His power is not limited by our weakness, His timing is not bound by our clocks, and His word will never return void.

God specializes in the impossible. He spoke light into darkness, parted seas, brought water from rocks, and raised the dead. Time and again, Scripture shows us that what man cannot do, God can. For Sarah, the impossibility was her age. For Moses, it was Pharaoh’s army and the Red Sea. For David, it was a giant twice his size. For Mary, it was a virgin birth. For the disciples, it was a sealed tomb. Yet in every story, God proved that nothing is too hard for Him.

The challenge is that we, like Sarah, often view God’s promises through the lens of our limitations. We measure the possibilities by our resources, our abilities, or our timeline. But faith does not rest on what we can do—it rests on who God is. He is not asking you to figure it out; He is asking you to believe.

Notice also the phrase in Genesis 18:14: “At the appointed time…” God’s promises are not only possible, they are perfectly timed. What looks like delay is often preparation. What feels like silence is often God arranging the pieces. He does not rush, and He does not forget. His appointed time is always worth the wait.

So what is your “Sarah situation” today? What promise feels too late? What prayer seems unanswered? What dream feels beyond reach? Hear the Lord’s question afresh: Is anything too hard for Me? Let that truth sink deeper than your doubt. Let it replace laughter with faith, despair with hope, and fear with courage.

Trusting God does not mean you will understand everything along the way. It means you choose to believe His word above what you see. It means you continue walking when the path is unclear. It means you hold on when everything in you wants to let go. And it means you dare to hope again, even after years of waiting.

One day, Sarah held Isaac in her arms. The promise that seemed laughable became a living testimony of God’s faithfulness. Your story may not look the same, but the same God who kept His word to Sarah will keep His word to you.

Prayer
Lord, thank You for reminding me that nothing is too hard for You. Forgive me for the times I’ve doubted or laughed at Your promises. Strengthen my faith to trust You even when the answer seems impossible. Teach me to wait with hope, knowing Your timing is perfect and Your word never fails. Amen.