EXPECT GOD

Romans 4:19 “Abraham's faith never became weak, not even when he was nearly a hundred years old. He knew that he was almost dead and that his wife Sarah could not have children. 20 But Abraham never doubted or questioned God's promise…” (Contemporary English Version)

The Bible is clear that faith is an absolute necessity in our walk with the Lord. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Five verses later, the Word declares that faithlessness displeases God. (Hebrews 11:6) God’s Word says in 2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” I’d venture to agree with the saints of old that “Prayer is the key to the kingdom, but faith unlocks the door.” Although faith is the foundation to our spiritual victory, there are multiplied masses who don’t exercise it. Why do we find it so difficult to operate in faith?

Many of us have been inadvertently crippled by fear. The longer we wait on God to manifest what He’s promised, the more difficult it becomes to “hold onto our faith.” There are those who have resolved to throw up their hands and say things like, “What’s the use? Maybe it wasn’t for me after all.” I want to remind you that God keeps His Promises! The Contemporary English Version of Numbers 23:19 says, “God is no mere human! He doesn't tell lies or change his mind. God always keeps his promises.” Like Abraham, we must not doubt God or question His Promises. Although he and his wife (Sarah) were well past child bearing age, the miracle child (Isaac) manifested because He refused to doubt what God had promised. The exhortation today is simply to encourage you to hold onto the Promises of God—“it shall come to pass!”

Let’s Pray:
Father, we ask that You’ll help us to hold onto our faith. Lord, we know that all things are possible to those that believe (Mark 9:23), but we pray today that You’ll ‘help our unbelief’ (Mark 9:24). We pray that we’ll “trust You and give you time, no matter how long it takes,” in Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Daily Prayer:
“Oh, that You would bless me indeed,
and enlarge my territory,
that Your hand would be with me,
and that You would keep me from evil,
that I may not cause pain!”


The Prayer of Jabez, I Chronicles 4:10