Can God Do Anything?

Read: Numbers 23

God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?
I have received a command to bless;
he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
Numbers 23:19-20

When the church I grew up in was without a pastor, we had guest speakers for our morning and evening services. One Sunday, I opened the bulletin and saw that we would have two different preachers that day. The morning sermon was entitled, “God Can Do Anything.” And the evening sermon was, “Three Things God Cannot Do.” So, according to the bulletin, these men of God disagreed on a major teaching of the church. Who, then, was right?
They both were. Their perceived differences were really just a matter of emphasis. The morning speaker wanted to convey a message that God is all-powerful. He created the universe, controls world events, gives us our rulers, and can save us from sin. The evening speaker’s point was that God is faithful and unchanging. He cannot lie, cannot sin, and cannot break a promise.
The pagan gods we read of in ancient mythology are limited in power and act on whims. They formed and broke alliances with each other, turned on their loyal worshippers, and brooded over imagined insults. They were gods that were powerful and terrifying, yet they acted like petty men and women. However, our God, who can do anything, loves us and “will never leave us nor forsake us” (Deuteronomy 31:8). How blessed we are to have such a God!