And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians.[1] (II Kings 19:35 ESV)
Impossible
The Assyrians were attacking Jerusalem, and the Assyrians were tough. The Assyrian Army was huge, and well armed… Judah’s Army was small, and with old-fashioned arms. The Assyrian Army was experienced, and Judah’s Army were almost amateurs. The Assyrian Army seemed unbeatable, and Judah’s Army was a joke.
When King Hezekiah prayed to God for help, we do not see in Scripture that anyone else thought it would do any good… only the Prophet, Isaiah.
But Hezekiah and Isaiah knew that while the Judean Army can not do impossible things, God can.
Even more than the defeat of the Assyrian Army, God did an amazingly impossible thing. God saves dirty rotten sinners like me. God saves dirty rotten sinners like you. God did this impossible thing by the incarnation of Jesus, the death of Jesus, the Resurrection of Jesus, and the Ascension of Jesus. All of which were also impossible things.
We have troubles that seem impossible to solve. We have empty hearts that seem impossible to fill. We are so broken that it seems impossible that we can be fixed.
But Jesus solves them, fills them, and fixes them.
We can not do impossible things, but Jesus can.
[1] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 2 Ki 19:35.