With God All Things Are Possible ✨ | Matthew 19 Devotional (7-Step QT)

7-Step QT Notes

1. 🙏 Quiet Time

Pause.

Take a deep breath.

Ask God to help you release control—and trust Him with what you can’t accomplish on your own.

2. 📅 March 3, 2026

Today’s passage reminds us:

Salvation isn’t achieved by human strength—God does the impossible.

3. ✝️ Matthew 19:23-30

Jesus teaches that it is very difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom, prompting the disciples to ask who can be saved, and he answers that what is impossible with man is possible with God. When Peter asks what they will receive for leaving everything, Jesus promises that those who forsake family and possessions for his name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and inherit eternal life. He concludes that many who are first will be last, and the last first.

4. 📖 Key Verse

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (v. 26)

5. 📝 Reflection

One of the hardest burdens in evangelism is not knowing whether the person who heard the gospel has truly been saved. Scripture says that faith comes from hearing (Romans 10:17), and that salvation is received when we believe in Christ and confess Him with our mouths (Romans 10:9–10). Then should we conclude that anyone who hears the gospel and rejects it is not saved because they have not believed in their heart or confessed with their lips? This question often weighs heavily on an evangelist. Moreover, when rejection feels like failure, ongoing guilt and sorrow for the person who turned away can weaken our courage to return to the field.

Yesterday, we witnessed a very wealthy young man hear Jesus’ words and then walk away in sadness. Jesus went on to say that it is difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of God. For the disciples—who had long assumed wealth was a sign of God’s blessing—this teaching was shocking. So they asked, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus answered clearly: what is impossible for people is possible with God.

Yes—salvation is not something we achieve by effort, nor is it something we can measure by our own standards. Salvation is entirely by God’s grace (Ephesians 2:8–9). Even confessing in faith is impossible without the work of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3). Unless God draws and permits, no one can come to Jesus (John 6:44, 65). Therefore, our task in evangelism is not to judge outcomes but to proclaim the gospel faithfully and entrust the results to God. What looks like failure to us may still be the very word God uses to open a heart in His time.

Beloved, evangelism is not our project; it is participation in God’s sovereign work. Therefore it is not merely an obligation, but a profound privilege—an invitation to join what God Himself is doing. How can we not rejoice that God calls the weak to be His coworkers? As Jesus teaches that heaven rejoices when one soul returns (Luke 15:4–32), evangelism is a ministry that delights God’s heart. May you be able to share the gospel in love with one person around you today.

6. 💬 What does this passage speak to you today?

  • What do I rely on most for security—money, career progress, approval, control, comfort?
  • Where do I feel like something is “impossible” right now—and how can I bring that honestly to God?
  • Who is one person I can love and share the gospel with today without owning the outcome?

7. 🙏 Prayer

Lord Jesus,

Forgive me for trusting what I can control more than I trust You.

When salvation and change feel impossible, remind me that You do the impossible.

Give me courage to share the gospel with love and faithfulness—without fear of rejection.

Teach me to live by Your kingdom values, not the world’s rankings.

Amen.

Scriptures

📖 23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 27 Then Peter said in reply, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first (Matthew 19:23-30, ESV).

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