God can do anything

The reason our missions week comes to a climax today under the theme, “Is anything too hard for God?” is that Urban Ministries and Muslim Missions have this in common: They are hard. It is hard to persevere in ministry to the blatant and repulsive miseries of the city. And it is hard to break through the barriers of religious tradition in Muslim communities. The growing metropolis and the growing mosque are hard places to plow and sow and water and reap.

This question that God asks Abraham in Genesis 18:14 is a crucial missionary question: “Is anything too hard for God?”

Inspired by Dr. Conn’s reference to Henry Martyn last Sunday evening, I have spent some hours this week searching his letters and journals for evidence that this is in fact true—that in Henry Martyn’s case the question, “Is anything too hard for God?” was a critical one. I found myself moved to tears and to worship as I read this young man’s struggles, and how the greatness of God’s power sustained him again and again.

What I would like to do is tell you a little about Henry Martyn by way of introduction, then look at the biblical development of this question, “Is anything too hard for God?” and then return to Martyn’s life to illustrate how the answer to this question served his needs as a missionary and as a Christian.

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