While you wait for the promise

*MEDITATION*

Genesis 12: 7a "The Lord appeared to Abram and said, To your offspring I will give this land..."NIV

Point to ponder on: It takes patience and faith to take a delivery of the promise of God.

Abraham was 75 years old when God promised him he would be the father of nations. He was 100 years old when the seed(a child of that covenant ) through which that promise would be fulfilled was born. It was 25 years of waiting. When Sarah tried to help God by giving Hagar to Abraham to produce a child (Ishmael) out of self effort and not by promise, the child became the source(son not of the covenant) through which one of the  problems of mankind today would show up, which is terrorism. After the self effort of Abraham and Sarah, 13 years passed before the covenant child was conceived.

Consequently, whenever we get creative in helping God out we create more problems that we can never imagine because of its future implications. The result of the self effort is evident in our world today. The angel spoke of what Ishmael would be, and his descendants all over the world are manifesting what was in the DNA of their ancestor(Ge.16:12). God knows what He is doing. He is a master planner. He is never too late nor too early. It took 25 years to deliver a covenant child and it pleased Him to develop character in Abraham before bringing His promise to pass . According to Apostle  Peter, "A day is like a thousand years to the Lord and a thousand years like a day to the Lord." We count days while waiting for the Lord's promises but God dwells in eternity without the limitation of time and days. Hence, we must trust Him and understand that before the promise manifests their must be a process which is very important to God as well as the event. God wants to use everything in the process to develop character in us just as He did to Abraham. How long have you been waiting? Have you tried to help God along the way? God will come in His own time ordained for His purpose, so let us wait for the Lord and while we wait, let us trust (have faith in Him) God and be patient. All who received God's promises have two virtues developed in them, which are patience and faith. So while we wait for the fulfillment of His promises, let us exercise patience and faith in the living God-keeping our eyes on His word and praise Him in advance.

I celebrate you.

Good morning. Do have a satisfying day.

By
David, Johnson

*Prayer Point*
1.Father enable me to be faithful and patient to experience the fulfillment of your promises in my life.