06/24/2026
To say that something is impossible for God to do is either an uneducated statement (not based on Godâs Word), a rebellious statement (you know itâs true based on Gods Word, but youâve chosen not to accept it), a grief stricken statement (the sting and hurt from a situation or circumstance has left has left you numb and you donât know what and how to believe), or an unbelieving statement (you arenât a believer in God). I think itâs amazing that the word possible lies within the word impossible. The Word Of God saysâall things are possibleâ, âwith God nothing is impossibleâ, âno weapon formed against us shall prosperâ, â all things work together for good for those who love Christ and are the called according to His purposeâ, that He can do exceeding, abundant above all that we ask or thinkâ, âI can do all things through Christ who strengthens meâ, âHis divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.â, 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.â Something rises up in me when I hear the word impossible, because it symbolizes to me that thereâs no hope and the Word clearly says, â"For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope."âBe joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer." "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Maybe not today but including today, whatever you are facing, believe God. Donât give up! God is able and He wants to.
âElisha replied, âListen to this message from the Lord! This is what the Lord says: By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, six quarts of choice flour will cost only one piece of silver, and twelve quarts of barley grain will cost only one piece of silver.â
The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, âThat couldnât happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!â
But Elisha replied, âYou will see it happen with your own eyes, but you wonât be able to eat any of
Now there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates. âWhy should we sit here waiting to die?â they asked each other. âWe will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we would have died anyway.â
So at twilight they set out for the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no one was there! For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. âThe king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us!â they cried to one another. So they panicked and ran into the night, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys, and everything else, as they fled for their lives.
When the men with leprosy arrived at the edge of the camp, they went into one tent after another, eating and drinking wine; and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and hid it. Finally, they said to each other, âThis is not right. This is a day of good news, and we arenât sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, letâs go back and tell the people at the palace.â
So they went back to the city and told the gatekeepers what had happened. âWe went out to the Aramean camp,â they said, âand no one was there! The horses and donkeys were tethered and the tents were all in order, but there wasnât a single person around!â Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.
The king got out of bed in the middle of the night and told his officers, âI know what has happened. The Arameans know we are starving, so they have left their camp and have hidden in the fields. They are expecting us to leave the city, and then they will take us alive and capture the city.â
One of his officers replied, âWe had better send out scouts to check into this. Let them take five of the remaining horses. If something happens to them, it will be no worse than if they stay here and die with the rest of us.â
So two chariots with horses were prepared, and the king sent scouts to see what had happened to the Aramean army. They went all the way to the Jordan River, following a trail of clothing and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their mad rush to escape. The scouts returned and told the king about it. Then the people of Samaria rushed out and plundered the Aramean camp. So it was true that six quarts of choice flour were sold that day for one piece of silver, and twelve quarts of barley grain were sold for one piece of silver, just as the Lord had promised. The king appointed his officer to control the traffic at the gate, but he was knocked down and trampled to death as the people rushed out.
So everything happened exactly as the man of God had predicted when the king came to his house. The man of God had said to the king, âBy this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, six quarts of choice flour will cost one piece of silver, and twelve quarts of barley grain will cost one piece of silver.â
The kingâs officer had replied, âThat couldnât happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!â And the man of God had said, âYou will see it happen with your own eyes, but you wonât be able to eat any of it!â And so it was, for the people trampled him to death at the gate!
