Craig T. Owens

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I love the simple but utterly profound statement the angel Gabriel leaves with Mary. Listen to it from different biblical translations:

• For no word from God will ever fail (Luke 1:37 NIV) 
• For nothing will be impossible with God (NASB)
• For the word of God will never fail (NLT) 
• For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment (AMPC)

“No word”—not the single dot of an “i” or the cross of a “t” will be missing. 

The God who never slumbers—the Omnipotent One, the Omniscient One—superintends every single word He has spoken. 

It is His word: “No word from God will ever fail.” It is not the way I desire it to be, or the way culture wants it to be, but it is the way the All-Loving, All-Powerful One has already determined it is going to be. 

The plans God has for me are for His glory. He is working all things out to bring to completion what He has declared. 

God’s words never fail, but they always prevail. It doesn’t matter how dark, hopeless, or even impossible it may seem, His plan always triumphs! 

When I have God’s word on it, I can confidently say, “Worry, be gone! Striving, cease! Doubt, you are a liar! I belong to the One who has spoken His word. I will rest assured in Him until His word prevails. I say as Mary replied to Gabriel, ‘May it be to me as you have said’” (Luke 1:38). 

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