The Story week two

There are many people who can relate to Abraham and Sarah. They had many great expectations for a family and in fact received a promise from God that they would have a son. That was great news but this expectation went unfullfilled for years. We too have some very good expectations and believe that God has spoken to us in a marvelous way but yet we have not seen the what we have been promised. Again like Abraham and Sarah there are times we think that God can use a little help to do what He had promised. They decided to have this child in an unconventional manner but that was not God's plan so they just ended up complicating their lives. I do not know about you but I have tried to help God but only ended up causing myself more problems then I already had. The lesson is this is simple but one that is difficult at times to fully learn which is life will always go better when I do the things that God wants me to do and I trust and wait upon the Lord to do what He said He would do. This is called faith. From the time the promise of have a child first came it was 25 years before the baby was born. That is a long time to wait for a promise to be fulfilled and there were many lessons to learn along that pathway but God's timing is right. I do not want to wait anymore then the next person but learning that a walk of faith is resting, trusting and believing that God has my best interest in mind and His ways and timing is the best. Psalm 25:3 "Indeed, those who wait upon You will not be put to shame." If you have an unfulfilled promise from God do not become discouraged but believe that God has the power to do all that He has promised, Romams 4:20-21. Faith is believing God is able to fulfill His Word regardless of what we may be seeing in the natural world.
May God strengthen you in your faith to wait upon Him.

Pastor John