Nothing Is Impossible With God | The Chosen: Holy Night

Have you ever sent a text message and waited anxiously for a response that never came? An hour passes. Then another. Soon your mind begins spinning stories—*Did I offend them? Are they upset with me? Is something wrong?* Silence has a peculiar way of stirring up anxiety within us, making us assume things that aren't necessarily true.

Now imagine that silence lasting not hours or days, but 400 years.

For four centuries, Israel experienced a profound spiritual silence. No prophets. No fresh word from God. No divine messages breaking through the ordinary rhythms of life. Just silence—heavy, oppressive, and seemingly endless.

During those 400 years, generations lived and died still waiting for God's promises to be fulfilled. Roman domination pressed down on them. Political chaos swirled around them. Spiritual fatigue set in. And people began asking the same questions we still ask today:

God, where are you?

Do you hear me

Have you forgotten me?

Will you ever come through for me?

Yet long before that silence descended, God had spoken breathtaking promises through His prophets—promises that seemed almost too good to be true.

The prophet Isaiah, living through political upheaval and moral decline in the 8th century BC, proclaimed words that must have seemed impossible: "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light... For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:2, 6).

Through the prophet Micah came another promise: from Bethlehem—a small, insignificant town—would come a ruler whose origins were "from of old, from ancient times" (Micah 5:2).

These weren't just poetic words. They were lifelines thrown to suffering people. Promises that God still saw them, that hope would enter the world in a way so pure, so holy, so unexpected that only God Himself could orchestrate it.

But then came the silence.

Some of us know what long waiting feels like. We know what delayed answers feel like. We pray and pray, and nothing seems to happen. We need results now—not in a week, a month, a year, or longer. The waiting tests our faith in ways that comfort never could.
When God's promises take longer than we expect, our humanity kicks in. That beating heart in our chest begins quietly wondering if the promise is still going to happen. Is it still possible?

This is not just ancient history. This is our story too.

Some of us wonder if God will ever step into our story. We know what it feels like when silence gets heavy, when it begins to feel permanent. We carry unanswered prayers, private battles, disappointments that sit in our minds and hearts, eating away at us.

But here's the truth that breaks through every silence: Nothing is impossible with God.

When heaven finally spoke again after 400 years of silence, God didn't choose the powerful or influential. He didn't select those with status or resources. Instead, He spoke to two ordinary, faithful, unnoticed people—a teenage girl named Mary and a young carpenter named Joseph.

The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary with news that defied all natural explanation: "You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High" (Luke 1:31-32).

Mary's response revealed both her humanity and her faith. "How will this be," she asked, "since I am a virgin?" (Luke 1:34).

The angel's answer echoes through the centuries to us today: "For nothing will be impossible with God" (Luke 1:37).

Mary and Joseph weren't walking this path without questions or fears. They had moments of uncertainty, times when they must have wondered what had happened to their lives. But they walked in obedience. They trusted God step by step, even when their faith felt fragile.

Mary and Joseph knew the stories. The impossible wasn't new territory for God. He had breathed life into barren wombs like Sarah's and Hannah's. He had parted seas and shaken kingdoms. He had preserved His people in the most impossible conditions. He had worked through shepherd boys, fishermen, exiles, and the overlooked.

God's pattern throughout history has been to do the impossible through unlikely people in unexpected ways.

We're here today because God made a way. We're not simply retelling an old story from long ago—we're remembering that the God who has never lost His power is the same God today.

Perhaps your marriage feels too broken to be fixed. Maybe your sin feels too deep to be healed. Your future might seem too uncertain after waiting and waiting until you're exhausted. You might feel like your failures define you, or your grief sits so heavy on your chest that you can barely breathe.

But if God could bring the Savior into the world through a virgin, then God can work in the quiet, hidden places of your life too.

Nothing is impossible with God.

Advent means "coming." During this season, we remember that Jesus came once—born in Bethlehem, fulfilling centuries of promises. And we look forward to the day He returns again.

The delay might be difficult. Israel waited centuries for His first coming. We've been waiting centuries for His second. The world is heavy. Suffering continues. Sin wages war on our hearts. People lose hope. Some stop believing altogether.

But the second coming is not impossible. It's promised. And God keeps His promises.
He kept His word in Bethlehem. He kept it at Calvary. He kept it at the empty tomb. He keeps His word today, and He will keep His word when He returns.

The God who promised salvation fulfilled it. The God who promised redemption delivered it. The God who stepped into our world stepped into our suffering. He conquered sin, death, and the grave.

And He can conquer whatever you're facing today.

Bring your fears to Him. Bring your doubts, your long waits, your private battles. Bring those places where you're about to give up. Bring those questions you've been praying about, the ones that make you feel like quitting.

Don't give up.

The God who broke 400 years of silence with the cry of a baby in Bethlehem is the same God who hears your prayers today. Trust Him. He has never failed, and He never will.

Nothing—absolutely nothing—is impossible with God.

The story of Jesus’ birth is filled with tension, beauty, and the quiet courage of two ordinary people learning to trust God in impossible circumstances. In Part 1 of our Advent journey, we explored this hope together as a church family, and if you missed it or would like to revisit the message, you can watch the worship service below. To deepen your experience even further, I encourage you to also watch The Chosen: Holy Night, a powerful visual retelling that captures the humanity and wonder of the nativity in a way that complements the heart of our series.