Elizabeth's barreness and advanced age--a double symbol of hopelessness--became the means by which God would announce to the world that nothing is impossible for Him.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

Don't be afraid of outgiving God. It is impossible to do that.

Not every Christian finds it easy to believe.

We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.