Is there anything God can't do?

Your situation right now may not look like the plans and prophecies God has spoken regarding you. But don't worry, don't be afraid, God is your exceedingly great reward.

Abraham did not have a child, and God said He will bless Him and give Him many descendants,but Abraham didn't have a child to pass his inheritance  on to.God brought Abraham to Canaan and said To Him; He would inherit the Land. But Abraham didn’t know how. His situation was opposite of what God had planned for Him.God has said something about your situation, you will succeed,you will be rich, you will own the Land.

But right now you may be the opposite of what has been said. Is there anything too hard for the Lord? No there isn't. Sarah was passed childbearing age. But she had Isaac. You may not understand how and when and think its too late. But there is nothing too hard for the Lord. Time is in God's hand, and when God says He will do it , no matter how your situation may look He has all power in His hands and will turn it around.

Genesis 5:1 says, "After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.


God is telling us not to worry, because He will be our rewarder. He created everything so what can God not do. The examiners marking your work He created, the people interviewing you He created, the judge in the court room He created.

Psalm 24:1, tells us, "The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it."

Don't worry. The first thing we must do is believe every word God says. The first thing Abraham did after God gave His promise is that He believed in the Lord and accounted it to Him for righteousness. Genesis (16:6)We should seek God's face and live according to His word and be obedient to His word.  God changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai's name to Sarah.  Abram means exalted father, but Abraham means father of many. Sarai means princess but Sarah means mother of nations. God changed their names to be in alignment with the promises He had for them.

                          Your name is your identity.What are you calling yourself?


God wants His children to identify ourselves according to who He says we are and His promises, to be in alignment with the promise. God wants us to stop speaking negative about ourselves, stop putting our selves down, stop comparing ourselves with others. God changed Sarai’s  name to Sarah before releasing Her blessing. We need to change every negative way we see ourselves, every negative name we give to ourselves, and cancel out every negative thing people say to put us down. Change your what you are calling yourself, you are not ugly: you are fearfully and wonderfully made, you are not a looser: you are the head and not the tail, you are not a failure; you are more than a conqueror. You are not intimidated; you can do all things through christ who strengthens you. Start confessing the word of God over your life. Before your blessings come, keep confessing who God says you are and your blessing over your life. Start aligning God's word  over your life. Because however it looks like now, thats not how you are going to finish. God is your creator and if He says He will reward you nothing can stop God.

The moment we start believing what God says about ourselves is the moment we start becoming our best. Don't name yourself according to your past, the fact that you failed before doesn't mean you are a a failure. Pick yourself back up, tell God everything and pick up His truth about your life. and walk with it. Don't pick the old negative labels again.

God created you and knows you.

About the Author: Amanda Ofori is a 23-year-old young lady from London, England. She graduated college with a degree in Diagnostic Radiography a year and a half ago. Amanda currently works in Ashford and St Peter's Hospital as a Diagnostc Radiographer. She says she's only come this far because of God's favour. She loves singing and enjoys being part of her church's youth choir. Amanda also enjoys writing, speaking and  encouraging others and spreading the word of God.

Wow 2-7! Its a blessing to see you! My God has been so good to me! If I had a thousand tongues it wouldn't be enough to express how awesome he's been on this journey of life with me. He's been better to me than I've been to myself and I thank him for keeping me on the narrow path at this very moment. Remember few find this narrow path along the way and I'm thankful for

staying on the right track.

Now, ten years ago, just what was I doing? Graduating high school and preparing for college. Not knowing what "life" had to offer me, I was only concerned about getting an education with an ending point of capturing a degree to fulfill my goal of a career in news. I honestly thought "life" wouldn't happen. I pushed the thought of sadness and disappointments out of my mind, in hopes of everything to be sunshine and butterflies. One of the reasons behind that was, after my 10th grade year of losing my father, I didn't want sadness to follow me. Instead I wanted to remain strong and make my mother proud of me. Now, looking back there are so many things that if I could have whispered in my ear to do better, I would of. But guess what there was a bigger voice whispering in my ear, after the mistakes and after the tears had been shed. That voice was God Almighty, steering me along the way, telling me to "Be still and know that he is God!" Leaning on to my own understanding can only get you so far as I get closer to 30, I'm very aware of that.

So what would I tell the girl that clung to her journals with bright dreams of the future? First of all, be anxious for nothing. Instead be patient and thankful for the things that at my feet. There were numerous times during my senior year, in which I couldn't wait to get out of my parent's house to experience freedom. I, like most teenagers was anxious to grow up, without realizing the cost along the way. Life was so simple in high school compared to the years of facing the trials of being an adult. We, on the other hand make things so complicated with the idea of wanting to rush everything. Secondly, be slow to speak and quick to listen. Who listens to their parents as teenagers? Not many right and I was one of those that didn't like to listen. Once again at the time I just wanted to lean onto my own understanding. Even the smallest things my parents would say, are beneficial in my life today, and they would definitely been beneficial if I would have had their voice in my head during my freshman year of college. Thankfully now, I can hear my dad saying "Jus keep on livin." Next, I would have definitely in my younger years have kneeled to God more when problems or decisions arose, instead of confiding in others that weren't on the same spiritual path as me. When I was 17, I was into my second year of taking the step into exercising my Christian beliefs. There were things, I still didn't know when I was baptized at 15, but I thank God for guidance along the way. If I had known what I know now, my thoughts would have been left solely at the throne of God and in those that had my best interest at heart, not friends that didn't have a problem with sin or anything else that didn't truly represent God. Those three things may seem small to you, if you're not a believer in Christ or simply because you haven't walked a mile in my shoes. But, they're big to me. 

Since the days of being 17, I've learned some valuable things whether school related, work related, friends, and capturing discernment from past situations where my heart was taken advantage of and played over. Remember, when you know better, you do better! If you're a young lady reading this realize, yes you'll encounter problems on the journey of being a Christian but the important thing is, how did you learn from it? How do you react to it? God doesn't want us to walk in confusion, but instead joy! I'm proud of the young woman I've become-a woman of wisdom and filled with drive, living this earthly life with a purpose. That purpose is to serve God wholeheartedly. I know we fall off track. We're human, but I have no desire to purposely live wrong. Again I'm thankful for the lessons that have molded me into pure gold!

 "But now O Lord, thou art our Father, we are the clay, and thou our potter, and we are all the work of thy hand."~Isaiah 64:8