"Then the Lord did exactly what He had promised. Sarah became pregnant, and she gave a son to Abraham in his old age. It all happened at the time God said it would." Genesis 21:1-2
OBSERVATION
The promise that God made to Abraham and Sarah violated all the natural laws of conception. Becoming a father at the age of 100 could be possible, but becoming a mother at the age of 90 is a big deal. God's promise to this couple challenged not only nature, but also their faith. Abraham believed God, and that was counted as righteousness. He made many mistakes and poor decisions. He sinned like everyone else. But his faith in God's promises, even in the things that seem impossible, made Abraham a righteous man.
APPLICATION
What I found amazing about this passage is that God does his miracles they way He wants and in the time He wants. If it was up to Abraham and Sarah, they would have been wanted that son to come in a different time and in different circumstances. But the whole point is that our faith in God's promises must be comprehensive. A promise of God must be believed, but also tested over time, and sometimes over impossible circumstances. It's easy to believe in promises that are possible, easy to accomplish on our own. But very often God promises things that challenge nature and all possibilities. It can only be accomplished by Him. He wants us to believe Him and to trust Him.
When I look in to my life, there are many promises that God has for me. The majority are easy to believe and expect to happen. But there are few promises that are challenging, maybe easy to believe, but hard to accomplish. I need to trust that God will do His work in His time and according to His will. Those promises will be tested and I must be stubborn to stick to what God has promised. Sometimes He reveals the timing of things and sometimes He doesn't. To Abraham and Sarah He told them the timeline of His miracle. To me God has revealed a timeline for certain things, not for everything. The bottom line is that I must trust in His divine plan and expect that His promises will be fulfilled at the right time, even when things seem impossible.
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, thank you so much for all your promises for my life, even the ones that are difficult to embrace because of their supernatural nature. Help me to embrace them, believe in them, and wait patiently for their fulfillment. I submit to your timing of things, knowing that everything is better in your time, not mine. I love you and rust you. Amen!
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