When I think about the awesome power of God my mind returns to Jeremiah chapter 32 again and again. In this passage God speaks to the prophet Jeremiah and tells him to buy a piece of land outside Jerusalem even though the Babylonians have already captured it, and are about to take possession of Jerusalem. God promises Jeremiah that this particular piece of real estate will be a valuable commodity again someday (v 15). Jeremiah obediently buys the land and begins to pray in praise to God, but as he he is praying he begins to have doubts about the wisdom of his purchase. The Lord breaks in to speak to him again and says, "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?" (v 27). The answer of course is "no", but what exactly is God teaching Jeremiah and us about His power? The phrase "too difficult" means, more specifically, "extraordinary". God is saying that nothing is extra-ordinary for Him to do. God looks at creating the universe the same way He looks at causing one blade of grass to grow. Both are 'no sweat' at all for Him. Nothing requires extra effort. He speaks the word and the universe is formed. He says it and you have the job you've been praying for. God is so powerful that nothing is more difficult or a little easier for Him. Everything is the same, nothing is extraordinary.
Now this truth has profound implications for us. Sometimes people ask me if something they are concerned about is too small and insignificant to bring before God in prayer. I say, "what would be big to God?" The answer is nothing. Nothing is big or small. It is all just ordinary to Him in terms of His ability to fix it. So whatever problem we are facing, we need to stop thinking that it is either too small to bother Him with or too big for Him to easily address. Every problem is the same to Him...ordinary. Just tell Him what you need and trust Him to do what is best for you. He has all the power in the universe!
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