“There was no hope that Abraham would have children. But Abraham believed God and continued hoping, and so he became the father of many nations. As God told him, ‘Your descendants also will be too many to count.’ Abraham was almost a hundred years old, much past the age for having children, and Sarah could not have children. Abraham thought about all this, but his faith in God did not become weak. He never doubted that God would keep his promise, and he never stopped believing. He grew stronger in his faith and gave praise to God. Abraham felt sure that God was able to do what he had promised. So, ‘God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.” Romans 4:18-22
Abraham’s life seemed set in stone. His plight was not a happy or joyful one as he was going on 100 years of age with no descendants to carry on his family heritage. And, there was no hope for ever doing so as his wife, Sarah, was barren, unable to have children. Abraham accepted his plight and continued to praise and worship God even so. And then, God proclaimed that Abraham was to be the father of many nations!
Today, most of us would quip back at God, saying, “Yeah, right!” Yet, Abraham believed his God. In fact, he never doubted God would keep his word to him. He wondered how, when, and where, as most of us would, but he continued to believe and praise God. In other words, Abraham waited patiently, all the while growing in his faith and giving thanks and praise for the blessings to come.
If you have doubts that God loves you enough to sacrifice His only Son, Jesus Christ, on your behalf; if you are impatient while waiting for answers to your life’s problems; if you think your hopes and dreams are way over the top, too fantastic to ever be fulfilled; if you are experiencing disconnection in a spiritual desert, then seek out Abraham’s story in the Book of Genesis, Chapter 15. Read it, meditate on all that it means. Then go before God and humbly ask Him to come into your life as he did Abraham’s. Ask Him to grant you patience and strengthen your faith. Ask Him to grant you a joyful nature and ask Him for all that you need, and all that you desire. Pray in all earnestness that through your faith you may be made right with God. Then wait patiently while praising God and thanking Him for the blessings to come.
May God bless each and everyone of you as you strive to be made right with Him who made you, right with Him who sacrificed all so that you may Live in Everlasting Life with Him.
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