Promise Fulfilled

This morning I want to encourage you to hold on to God's promise. In the reading for today Abraham and Sarah experience God's promise fulfilled in Isaac. Genesis 21 opens with these words in the first verse.

Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said,
and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.

Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was way past her child bearing years when God's promise was realized. Certainly there were times when it was hard for them to believe it would ever come to pass. There were times when they even tried to help God out. Sarah had suggested that God might fulfill his promise to Abrahma through Hagar Sarah's maid. Hagar gave Abraham a son, Ishamael, but he wasn't the son of God's promise to Abraham. God made this clear to Abraham that he would have a son through his wife Sarah. They waited so long that Sarah laughed at the thought of having a child when she was so far past the years of child bearing.

Perhaps you have been clinging to a promise God has given you . Maybe you've begun to think it will never happen. You may believe that you are past hope of seeing your promise come to pass. If that's where you are then there is good news for you today. Just as Sarah's promise came to pass God will fulfill His good promise to you. You can apply this word in Genesis 21 to your life. God is gracious as He has said, and the Lord will do for you what He has promised. Have a blessed day.