Good Morning Friends,
“Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had
said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant
and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised
him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.” (Genesis 21:1-3)
This is one of the most startling miracles in
the entire Bible. Abraham and Sarah were well past the age of child-bearing. Sarah
wasn’t just past the age of child-bearing, she was into the age when
child-bearing is impossible! But God caused what was impossible in order to
demonstrate His power and His faithfulness.
The promise had been made to Abraham years
before. Abraham and Sarah had already grown tired of waiting for God to fulfill
the promise, so they had taken matters into their own hands and Abraham had fathered
a child through a younger woman, a handmaiden of Sarah.
But God didn’t need Abraham and Sarah's
scheming to make His promise come true. In His own time, God fulfilled His
promise.
God always does. God always fulfills His
promises. And God always fulfills His promises in His own time and in His own
way.
There are many promises of God for which we
grow weary as we wait. Remember Isaac, the clear demonstration that God does
fulfill His promises – in His time – even when it takes a miracle!!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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