One of the most basic of spiritual facts in both time and space is: that 'Nothing is impossible with YaHuWaH.' Problems which appear insoluble to us, YaHuWaH the Elohim of Israel can easily set right - if He so chooses. The difficulty is that we humans lack the knowledge, faith and wisdom to accept this fundamental fact.

We shall consider an 'impossible situation' which occurred some two and a half millennia ago; but is relevant today. It was resolved in a most extraordinary way by YaHuWaH the Elohim of Israel. I'll read the story from the Scriptures.

Some seven years later Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked the kingdom of Judah. He overthrew many cities and arrived at the gates of Jerusalem where good king Hezekiah reigned. The odds were heavily stacked against Hezekiah. But worse still, his faith was going to be tested. Who was he trusting in? Even though he had obeyed YaHuWaH, he was about to face an example of subtle and twisted reasoning against him:

Here was insinuation at its most subtle. Moreover, the military odds against Hezekiah were terrifying! He was not able to find even 2,000 men who could ride horses; let alone fight with some 200,000 Assyrian cavalry and foot soldiers. Listen to this insulting challenge by Sennacherib's general Rab-shakeh:

Hezekiah then went into the house of YaHuWaH and prayed. Here is a copy of his prayer.

How would YaHuWaH, the Creator of the mighty universe respond to such a prayer? Here was a good king in desperate straits; praying not just for salvation, but that YaHuWaH 's honor be vindicated throughout the world; and then throughout the universe! A short prayer - only 134 words! A simple prayer; a child could understand it. A prayer you could pray in about a minute!

What would you do if you were in YaHuWaH 's place? Would you stand aside and let Hezekiah be disgraced and then possibly slaughtered with his people? What would you do?

1. "With YaHuWaH nothing is impossible." Situations which appear absolutely insoluble to us are no problem to YaHuWaH the Almighty Elohim of Israel.


2. Faith and Obedience are vital pre-requisites to answered prayer. Hezekiah obeyed YaHuWaH and trusted Him completely. "For he clave to YaHuWaH, and departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments, which YaHuWaH commanded Moshe. And YaHuWaH was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth."


3. National sin inevitably leads to punishment: war, famine, disease and a host of other problems. That was the case with ancient Israel in the north. Israel had been defeated and carried away captive. Later the Assyrians attacked the southern kingdom of Judah where Hezekiah reigned, and they laid seige to the capital Jerusalem.


4. The military odds against Judah were fearsome: more than 100 to 1. Worse still, was the Assyrian insinuation that Sennacherib was, in fact, doing the Almighty's will. He said that YaHuWaH was punishing Hezekiah because he had dared to put an end to idolatry in Judah. It was an evil insinuation, one based on twisted reasoning and a total lie. "In whom art thou putting thy trust?"


5. Hezekiah's Message to Isaiah. "This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth." The children (note the plural) have come YaHuWaH to the birth and there is no strength to bring forth! As 'children of YaHuWaH ' we have in very truth come to the birth (to Messiah's soon-coming) and we are so weak it doesn't bear talking about. Humanly speaking, the remnant church (the Ecclesia of YaHuWaH) is small, weak and powerless. But "nothing is impossible with YaHuWaH !" Let us never forget that eternal fact.


6. Hezekiah turns to YaHuWaH. He had no other option. He was bound to loose if he tried to stand up against the Assyrian army; even if Egypt came to his assistance. He had, to the best of his ability, lived a life of faith and obedience. But now he was weak and helpless. So with that insidious, blasphemous, lying insult ringing in his ears, he prayed a prayer to YaHuWaH which reads like a defense layer's plea for an innocent, helpless, condemned child. Hezekiah begins with the facts. Listen to them:
   • He first calls to mind that for all Israel's national sins, YaHuWaH is still the Elohim of Israel; and that there is no other Elohim like Him. These are two unalterable facts.
   • He then refers to the Almighty as the Creator: "Thou hast made Heaven and Earth." That is another fact those who peddle the theory of Evolution must consider.
   • Hezekiah then correctly analysis and dismisses the gods of all the nations as powerless, man-made idols. That is another fact all the people on the face of the Earth should think about.
   • Only then does king Hezekiah beseech the Almighty for His help; not just that Judah and Jerusalem be saved; but "that all the kingdoms of the Earth may know that Thou art YaHuWaH Elohim, even Thou only." This is the true motive behind king Hezekiah's prayer. He's not praying just for personal salvation or glory; but "that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Israel's Elohim YaHuWaH is the One and only Elohim in the entire universe!
   • I may add, that in the arena of prayer, if you get your facts and your motives right, there is no telling what mighty results will be forthcoming!


7. YaHuWaH 's answer was swift and it came on two levels.
   
   • First: That the 'daughter of Zion' (the heavenly Jerusalem) was laughing at Satan's idle boast about overthrowing YaHuWaH and taking over the government of the universe. For, believe it or not, that is what Satan really wants. It is Lucifer's vain, futile and self-deluding dream to dethrone YaHuWaH, Elohim of Israel! The fact is that YaHuWaH can handle Satan like a cattleman or horseman can control an angry animal. 'I will put My hook in thy nose, and My bridle in thy lips.' In other words: you can and will only do what I allow you to do; and I can control you with no trouble at all. For more details about Lucifer's aims, see Satan the Devil.
   • Second: The Almighty then made a Jubilee forecast; which on the agricultural level meant that life-sustaining crops would spring up of their own accord to feed the people of Judah. But on the spiritual level Satan would see a remnant church, the real Jubilee crop, escaping from his evil trap and going forth to bear spiritual, life-sustaining nourishment for believers all over the globe!

    

As proof of this, the bulk of the Assyrian army (185,000 soldiers) were slaughtered. This all happened as YaHuWaH decreed. A few stunned and demoralized soldiers stumbled back to their country with their humiliated and probably speechless king Sennacherib. When they arrived back in Nineveh they were greeted with insult upon insult. The whole town turned out to see them. "Where is my son, my husband, my father" cried the women and children of Nineveh. It must have been a tragic sight! But even more tragic was the fact that Sennacherib, willfully blind to the power of Israel's YaHuWaH, went into the house of his idol to worship!

My dear friends: are you in an impossible situation; with the odds stacked heavily against you? No way out and absolutely no strength left. Then have faith in the Holy One of Israel and pray to Him; because "nothing is impossible with YaHuWaH - nothing!" For your part, you must put away sin as Hezekiah did; and place your trust in YaHuWaH. He is Almighty YaHuWaH. There is no other. Spread your case before Him. List the facts. Cry for help. It will come. YaHuWaH loves you and He wants to help you. I tell you He loves you more than you love yourself. The time has come. We, the children have come to the birth. Alas! there is no strength in the mother; and there is no strength in the children. "But with YaHuWaH all things are possible!"

Do you? It's a good start if you believe it; because it's true! That's right - it's true! It's as true as I'm standing before you this Sabbath morning. It's as true as you are reading this from a piece of paper or over the Internet. It's true alright. But do you have the strength to believe it?

My prayer is that you will not only believe it; but that you will act upon it and, more importantly, that you will be a part of that prophesied 'spiritual Jubilee Crop' which in these last days is scheduled to put its roots down and spring up to sustain the 'Ecclesia of YaHuWaH !'