Believe & Receive

Abraham believed, and therefore, he received the son that the Lord had promised him.  What you believe (have faith in), you will attain...it will happen.  Remember the little childrens' story, "The Little Engine That Could?"  The famous line was "I think I can...I think I can!"  

We've been taught in the church to "speak it into being!"  Remember, in the beginning of The Book of Genesis, God said, "Let there be light"...and light appeared!  His words have POWER...and so do our words.  Words have power either in a negative or a positive way.  For example:  If you say every year, "I always get the flu 'bout this time of year," you'll get the flu! If you say "I can do all things, through Christ Jesus," and you believe what you say--you'll be able to accomplish or receive it!

Abraham believed the promise of a son--so did Sarah!  However, she tried to give Abraham a son without God's help.  Well, they produced Ismael (the son of a bondservant).  This was a "work of the flesh.  Even though Abraham believed God for his promised son, Isaac, he compromised and did what his wife wanted him to do rather than wait for what God had promised.  Sarah did things her way instead of God's way!  "His ways are higher than our ways...His thoughts are higher than our thoughts!"  [Isaiah 55:8]   Both sinned; both suffered the consequences!  And we're also suffering the fall-out from their disobedience yet today.  Yet, Abraham continued to believe what God had promised him.  Therefore, Abraham pleased God by faith and not by doing the works of the flesh.     

I wanted two children...I have two sons.  However, I had to wait-and-wait-and-wait for 9 years to have my 2nd son!  I can't imagine what it was like for Sarah to wait so long for her son of promise.  I begged and pleaded for my 2nd son....but God gave him to us at just the "right time" in our lives.  Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 says there is "a time to be born..." and "a time for every purpose under heaven."

What God promises you will be completed...will come to pass.  Just don't get ahead of God and try to accomplish things YOUR WAY instead of patiently WAITING on the Lord for His perfect timing and following HIS WAY.  Let patience have its "perfect work" within you....(don't try to manufacture on your own what He plans to form in and through you)!  [James 1:4]

If you're running a race, and you start before the starter fires the gun, you'll have what's called "a FALSE start!"  You're allowed a 2nd chance.  Abraham and Sarah both had a FALSE start, but God still gave them a 2nd chance...another son, the "Son of Promise." 

Galatians 3:6 - Abraham BELIEVED and it was accounted to him for righteousness.