An Old Man's Faith

Have you been praying for something and you know God has promised you this yet at the rate your life is going it seems like this will never come to pass? I wrote a journal on prayer a few days back and how God answers our prayers but today I am reminded of Abraham and the attitude of his heart towards God's promise.

We all know that God guaranteed Abraham a son and that he will be the father of many nations. Abraham was 99 years old and his wife Sarah, 90 when this promise was given (it's in Genesis 17, if you don't believe me). I cringe at the thought of a 90 and 99 year old couple having a baby. By my brain standards, it's simply impossible. But God definitely has a different set of brains than me that's why He can confidently promise Abraham a son.

This is why the fulfillment of God's promise depends entirely on trusting God and his way, and then simply embracing him and what he does. God's promise arrives as pure gift. (Romans 4:16, The Msg)

What I learned from dear old father Abraham is that he made sure that his heart had the right stance for when God fulfills His covenant. Abraham kept the faith. God wanted to give something that seemed ridiculous from his own point of view but he trusted God to deliver.

When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. (Romans 4:18, The Msg)

 Are you praying for something impossible? Cure for cancer maybe? Salvation of a loved one? Restoration of family? If Abraham's God, who created the heavens and the earth and everything that is in it, can give him a son at the age of 100 and make him father of many nations, then this very same God today can and will carry out all of His promises to you. Believe. Have faith.

He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said. (Romans 4:20-21, The Msg)

The more impossible the prayer fulfilled, the greater God will be glorified.