EL SHADDAI - ALMIGHTY GOD
THE GOD WITH WHOM NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
Date Teaching Given: December 8, 2023
Remind yourself every day that God wins! The enemy loses every single time.
God gives you the news before the news (if you are willing to spend time with Him, in His Word and in prayer):
to encourage you and lift up your faith, so you walk by faith and not by sight; (2 Cor. 5:7) and
to remind you that the things you see are temporal. (2 Cor. 4:18)
No matter what you are facing, it is not the end. God promises you victory. (2 Cor. 2:14)
Don’t give the enemy and his evil reports your attention.
Instead, give God your attention and focus.
Daily confess: This is a day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24)
God has revelation for you; you just have to seek Him and ask Him. (1 Chron. 28:9; Matt. 6:33; James 1:5)
The word impossible means not possible; unable to exist or unable to happen; unable to be done or performed; something that cannot be done or cannot happen; something unable to occur or be done; inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable, unthinkable, incapable of being conceived or considered.
"Impossible" is meant to discourage you, to get you to give up and quit on your victory, and to get you into hopelessness and despair.
But God is El Shaddai – the God with Whom nothing is impossible. (Luke 1:37)
Knowing Who God is gives you hope, peace, and joy.
Gen. 17:1-9
This is first time God reveals Himself as El Shaddai to Abram.
God promises to make Abram a father of many nations.
That seemed impossible because Sarai was barren and past childbearing years. They didn’t trust God, and Sarai took matters into her own hands (telling Abram to sleep with a maidservant, resulting in Ishmael).
But that was not God’s plan. He meant for Sarai to have a baby.
Because of this lack of trust and interference, God didn’t talk to Abram for 13 years.
Then, when God did talk to Abram, He promised again that Abram would be a father of many nations. This was when God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, meaning the father of a multitude. (This is also when Sarai became Sarah.)
El Shaddai – the God with Whom nothing is impossible; Almighty God.
You serve the God of impossible.
Knowing the truth sets you free. (John 8:32)
Don’t think about the impossible anymore. Think, dwell, and meditate on the things of God instead. (Phil. 4:8-9)
Even in disobedience, God honored His Word (His promise) to Abraham.
God rebuked (corrected) Abraham for not trusting Him.
You are supposed to lean on, rely on, and trust in God. (Prov. 3:5-6)
Give your situation to God and let Him deal with it; don’t take it back.
God is the super upon (above and beyond) the natural; He can change any circumstance because He is the way. (John 14:6)
God wants you to trust Him every single day.
God can change the impossible, even beyond the laws of nature.
Another example of this is Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, never having known a man. (Luke 1:26-38)
God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Heb. 13:8)
Your vocabulary should never include “impossible” or “I can’t” because you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. (Phil. 4:13)
Call upon El Shaddai in all situations, tests, and trials. (Ps. 17:6, 120:1; Isa. 58:9)
The enemy doesn’t want you to know who God really is.
If you are facing an impossible situation today, remember that God shows up in the impossible because He is Almighty God.
Abraham and Sarah didn’t have the Written Word. They had the Old Covenant, so God showed up and honored His Word. (Gen. chapter 15 and chapter 17; Heb. 9:11-28; Luke 22:20).
The New Covenant was made through Christ’s Blood and is an even better Covenant!
God honors His oath and His promises (His Covenant). (Heb. 6:17)
The next time God asked Abraham to do something (sacrifice Isaac), Abraham obeyed and trusted God to provide. (Gen. 22)
Even as Abraham had Isaac on the altar with the knife lifted in the air, he knew God would provide.
God showed up at what seemed to be the last minute and provided a ram for the sacrifice instead.
On the mountain, God showed Himself to Abraham as Jehovah Jireh - the God that provides.
When you’re facing tests and trials in your life, remember that God is faithful. (Deut. 7:9)
Stand fast and hold on to God’s Word no matter what the enemy is telling you.
Give El Shaddai the chance to show you that nothing is impossible for Him. (Matt. 19:26)
Get into His Word to build up your faith.
God lives in you (1 John 4:4)
Don’t limit God with your beliefs and what you say; don’t put God in a box.
When God is in control, the power of the enemy is destroyed.
Dan. 3:13-27 (read entire chapter)
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were favored by King Nebuchadnezzar until they refused to bow to his golden statue.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew they couldn’t bow to a man-made image because that would disrespect God.
The enemy uses the same tactics today– anger, intimidation, threats, and fear.
The enemies want you to believe they are in control.
King Nebuchadnezzar used the threat of death to try and compel Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to comply.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew they didn’t have to comply because of Who they served, regardless of the outcome.
King Nebuchadnezzar’s decision to make the fire seven times hotter costs the lives of his people.
God keeps saying these are the days of Haman– what the enemies mean for your harm and destruction will come back on them.
In the natural, the fire should have killed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. But El Shaddai showed up because they feared (highly revered) the Lord and had faith in Him.
The fourth man, Jesus, showed up in the midst of the fire.
The fire had no power over them; not even the smoke could touch them.
Because they didn’t bow, they didn’t burn.
It is your responsibility to be bold like a lion and proclaim the God you serve.
God is still the same today (Mal. 3:6; Heb. 13:8), and He will show up for you.
Where is your faith? Is your faith in man or God? Is it in the government or the Ruler of all Heaven and Earth? Is it in evil’s ability to conquer or in the God of the impossible?
When are you going to trust the Covenant you have with Almighty God?
You are in the Army of the Lord, with Whom nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37), and He lives on the inside of you. (1 John 4:4)
Which report will you believe: the evil report or God’s report?
The God you serve is bigger than any situation, no matter what it looks like or what the enemy is saying.
You don’t have to bow or submit to the lies of the enemy.
Luke 1:37
God is faithful to perform His Word. (Jer. 1:12)
He has promised to always cause you to triumph. (2 Cor. 2:14)
With God, nothing is impossible.
Throw out the word impossible; get impossible out of your vocabulary.
Don’t accept the negative report.
Know without a shadow of a doubt that God fulfills His promises.
If you need to repent (ask for forgiveness), do so without delay.
Start speaking God’s Words, God’s report, and God’s promises, and then trust God and the price Jesus already paid for you on the cross.
Keep speaking God’s Words and truth regardless of what it looks like.
Speak blessing and life. (Deut. 30:19)
God is your Waymaker.
Take God at His Word and trust Him.
Say: "God, I trust you. I trust you more than my feelings, more than what it looks like, more than the evil reports, more than whatever is going on. I trust you. I trust you. I trust you. I trust You more than any doubt or unbelief in me."
Read the Bible and meditate on other impossible-looking situations in His Word.
Daniel in the lion’s den. (Dan. chapter 6)
The parting of the Red Sea. (Ex. chapter 14)
The entire book of Exodus.
Don’t believe the enemy’s report more than you believe the report of Almighty God.
Believe that El Shaddai can make a way where there wasn’t a way.
Don’t try doing things on your own; go to God. Call upon the Lord.
God will never leave you nor forsake you when you trust in Him. (Deut. 31:8)
Prayer
Luke 1:37
Gen. 17:1
John 14:6
Mark 4:1-20
Isa. 43:16, 19
Ps. 9:6-7
Isa. 41:12
Isa. 54:17
2 Cor. 2:14
