LEANING TO WAIT

From the desk of Pastor Tunde Daniels

Friday 27th November 2015

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

"Abraham believed in the Lord, and it accounted to him for righteousness" (Genesis 15:6)

LEARNING TO WAIT

Any mother can tell you waiting to give birth is an experience that builds patience. But pity the poor elephant. It takes about 22 months for an unborn elephant to mature to birth! The shark known spiny dogfish has a pregnancy duration of 22-24 months.

Abraham could have identified with these examples from nature. In his old age, the Lord made a promise to him: 'I will make you a great nation"(Gen 12:2). But as the years passed, Abraham questioned how the fulfilment of the promise was possible without even the basic building block of a son.  Medically speaking he is old and Sarah had passed the age of child bearing. So God assured him, "One who will come from your own body shall be your heir"(v;4).
Despite his advance age, Abraham believed God and was called righteous(v:6). Yet he waited 25 years from the time of the initial promise for Issac to be born.
Waiting for God's promise to be fulfilled is part of trusting Him. No matter how long the delay, we must wait for him. As the writer of Hebrews remind us "let us hold fast our confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful(Hebrew 10:23). God always performs what he promised.

PRAYER POINT

Father, thank you for working everything for my highest good. I receive the grace to wait to realised all that you've promised me in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING

Ezekiel 43-44; 1 Peter 2:4-45; Palm 132:1-18