In Genesis 17:1, we read these wonderful words: "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before Me, and be thou perfect."
I read in a little devotional booklet published by the Institute for Creation Research that this is the first of 48 occurrences of God by the term "Almighty" in the Old Testament! There are also nine times in the New Testament where God is called "Almighty", and once where He is called "omnipotent".
The last time it occurs is very near the end of the Bible, where it tells us that there is no special temple in the Holy City. Revelation 21:22 says: "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."
So we see that in the very first and the very last books of God's Holy Word, and often in between, we are reminded that our God is an omnipotent God. I love the wonderful verse in Jeremiah 32:17:
"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." (Praise the Lord)
Sarah "laughed" when God said that she would bear a son in her old age, but God answered her with these wonderful words: "Is anything too hard for the Lord"?
Many years later, the angel spoke similar words to the Virgin Mary concerning the birth of Jesus -- "With God nothing shall be impossible."
Maybe we can sum up our thoughts today in these words of the Lord to His prophet, Jeremiah:
"Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?"
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