Today I’d like to begin a new series based on the negatives found in the Bible. I know what you’re thinking. Negatives? Isn’t that. . .well. . . negative? I want to read something positive and uplifting. I hear you, and I can relate. So, believe me when I tell you there is nothing negative about these negatives except the words themselves. For the next several posts, I want to talk about nothing, never, and no one. Let’s begin with one of my favorite nothings.

“Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: ”

Dear friend, nothing is too hard for God. Nothing! No sickness or disease. No temptation or sin. No trial or storm. No giant or mountain. Absolutely nothing! Isn’t that glorious to know? I find such strength and encouragement in understanding the things that trouble me do not worry God. No problem ever keeps Him awake at night (not that He sleeps anyway). No situation ever causes Him to wring His hands or sigh in desperation. His pulse doesn’t quicken nor does His blood pressure rise when faced with the difficulties of this life. To Him, it’s no big deal.  

Just ask King Asa. In the long list of the kings of Israel and Judah, Asa was one of the few who did what was right in God’s eyes. From the beginning of his reign, he set things in order, tearing down the altars to false gods and rebuilding the safeguards around their land. But his righteous living didn’t protect him from hardship, and soon, his kingdom was under attack. Outnumbered nearly two to one, Asa had no fear, for he knew nothing was too hard for God.

“And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee. ”

I love the way Asa spoke his belief—“It is nothing with thee to help.” Asa basically said, “Lord, I know it’s no big deal for you to help us because this army, though great in number, is nothing compared to You. So, we will treat it like no big deal too.”

I probably don’t need to tell you how the Lord responded to Asa’s great faith, but I’ll let you know anyway. To put it in my Southern tongue, God whooped up on the Ethiopians and sent them scurrying away like the cowards they were. Despite the size of their army (and their muscles), they were NOTHING when compared to God. They didn’t stand a chance.

As for God, He never broke a nail or a sweat. I’m not sure what method He used to defeat the enemy, but it could have been something as simple as a flick of the wrist or the twinkle of His eye. It was nothing! No big deal! And that, my friend, is precisely how our problems rank when compared to God. Yes, they may seem unsolvable to us, but we can rest assured God has the solution. There is nothing He cannot do. No problem He cannot solve. No situation He cannot remedy. He is willing and able to do above and beyond all we can ask or think.

So, what about us? We can take Asa’s approach and view our problems from God’s standpoint, leaving our hearts and mind in peace, or we can worry, fret, plot and scheme to fight our way through. If God came through for Asa (and we know He did), why would we doubt He will do the same for us? God is no respecter of persons. Though He deals with us individually, He loves us all the same. None of our problems are too big for Him to solve. Do we believe that today? If so, let’s act like it!

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