Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. (Genesis 21:5 ESV)
Fear Not… And Wait
A few months ago I ordered a book online. It was the final book in a series that I have enjoyed. And it did not arrive. I wrote to the bookseller and was assured of the book’s imminent arrival. I waited. I checked tracking numbers and shipping data. It did not arrive. I waited.
I waited so long that I forgot about the book.
And then it arrived.
The promises were kept!
It felt so long to wait for that book, it was nothing compared to Abraham’s waiting. God starting promising children to Abram way back in Genesis 12. At least (depending on how you number the promises) eight times, God promised children.
And Abram waited. He waited through travels, troubles, and a name change. He waited until it became obviously impossible that God would keep His promises. Abraham and Sarah even connived to help God (as if He needed help) to keep His promises by siring a child through another woman.
Abraham waited until he was 100 years old.
Yet God had meant what God had said. He always does.
What has God promised you that you still wait for? He has promised eternal life. He has promised peace. He has promised protection. He has promised things large and things small.
And we often wait.
But I assure you, that if we are of a mind… we will be able to spend a lot of our eternal time in heaven noticing and recounting how God DID keep every promise to His people. Because that is what He does.
Fear not, and wait.