Abraham and Sarah finally conceived
the son promised to them by God. After waiting twenty five years
after the promise of a son was given, Isaac was finally born. And
what was interesting for me to notice is Sarah's absolute surprise
at what happened:
"God has brought me laughter!
All who hear about this will laugh with me. For who would have
dreamed that I would ever have a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a
son in his old age!" Genesis 21:6, 7
Sarah never truly believed that
God's promises will come to pass. Do you remember how she laughed
when the angels and the Lord Himself told Abraham that in a year's
time they will have a child? She laughed because she found it very
difficult to believe. I think there are two lessons to be learnt
here. The Bible is filled with real life events to teach us things
and to help us to learn not to make the same mistakes that they
made. So the first lesson is that if she had believed the Lord's
promise and held onto it she would have had peace throughout her
trials that God will provide. She wouldn't have been sad, but she
would have been filled with His joy that His promise will come to
pass. Secondly, this real life story shows me that God kept to His
promise and blessed them with a son whether she had enough faith to
believe that it will happen or not.
God is faithful and true. His
promises will happen and lead us unto new heights! And therefore it
is better for us to hold on to those promises. We will have so much
more joy if we trusted in God's promises. Fear and worry tends to
consume us and then we forget all about His promises. We must
rather place God's promises first. Go somewhere this week and write
down all of God's promises that God has placed on your heart in the
past couple of years. And then place them somewhere where you can
see them on a regular basis and meditate on those text verses and
claim them for yourself. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the
Word of God. The Word spoken out loud will aid your faith and will
give you peace that God will do what He had promised.
If you do not have specific
promises, then read through God's Word and ask the Holy Spirit to
guide you and to show you which promises you should write down and
speak those out loud. There is life and death in the power of the
tongue and the more we speak God's promises, the more at peace we
will be. Life will start to flow in seemingly dead situations.
God's Word is full of life and power. Jesus is the Word. And when
we speak His Word, we speak Him into all situations and He
is more powerful than any in this universe.
May you be blessed as you stand
firm in God's promises. He is mighty to safe and mighty to rule and
change all situations for the good of those that love Him and are
called according to His purposes for them. May God bless you and
fill your heart with hope and love.
Father thank you for the multitude
of promises found in Your wonderful Word. Thank you that we can
hold on to those promises. Thank you that You are holy and always
true to Your Word. We look forward to our future with You. You are
our loving Father and our wonderful Bridegroom. In Jesus' Name.
Amen