Kingdom 103: He Needs No Assistance in Keeping His Promise
The Lord God's Word is sovereign. He will always keep His Word regardless of what others say. Remember what God said to His representative Balaam when Balak the king of Moab wanted Balaam to curse the children of Israel. “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it." Numbers 23:19-20
If the Lord God gives you a promise, He will always make it good. The problem with people is that they think He (meaning God) acts in our time period. The Lord God operates in eternity. He does not have a time limit in order to fulfill His promise. This is what happened to Sarai (Sarah), Abram's (Abraham) wife. She thought that the Lord God operates in their concept of time, but He operates in eternity. In eternity, there is no "late" or "early", there "is"!
Abram (Abraham) was seventy-five years of age when he first heard the voice of his Source (Creator). Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Genesis 12:1-4
From Abram's perspective, God took a long time to fulfill His promise. Remember, the Lord God doesn't operate in time but in eternity. Abram was seventy-five years old when he first heard from his Lord. The Lord God waited until the right time, but Sarai thought she would help the Creator along. It was because of her impatience and lack of faith that Ishmael was born. I must say, it was also the lack of faith on Abram's part to be patience and wait on the Lord timing. It was Sarai's lack of faith in the Word and voice of God and Abram's lack of leadership to lead and speak on behalf of the voice and Word of God. Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. Genesis 16:1-4
Did you notice the attitude of Hagar toward Sarai (her mistress) after she conceived? It was one of contempt. At the age of eighty-six, Abram became the father of Ishmael. So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. Genesis 16:15-16
Thirteen more years passed without a son being born to Sarah. My point is this: we must learn to wait on the promise that God made to us either through His Word or through a prophecy.
When we try to "make it happen" it is never God's best that He has for us!
There were four times the Lord spoke to Abram:
All that the Lord God required of Abram was to serve Him and to live a life that would represent Him. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless." Genesis 17:1
Remember this one thing, the Lord God never needs assistance from an individual to fulfill His promise to them. Ishmael was the result of man assisting God's promise.
God lives in eternity--outside of time--we live in time. Ishmael was the result of Abraham being impatient and listening to His non-believing wife. They took God's promise and tried to make it happen with their finite minds.
Remember, your faith in the Lord God's Word is your greatest asset in His Kingdom
All scriptures are NKJV unless noted
W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
If the Lord God gives you a promise, He will always make it good. The problem with people is that they think He (meaning God) acts in our time period. The Lord God operates in eternity. He does not have a time limit in order to fulfill His promise. This is what happened to Sarai (Sarah), Abram's (Abraham) wife. She thought that the Lord God operates in their concept of time, but He operates in eternity. In eternity, there is no "late" or "early", there "is"!
Abram (Abraham) was seventy-five years of age when he first heard the voice of his Source (Creator). Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Genesis 12:1-4
From Abram's perspective, God took a long time to fulfill His promise. Remember, the Lord God doesn't operate in time but in eternity. Abram was seventy-five years old when he first heard from his Lord. The Lord God waited until the right time, but Sarai thought she would help the Creator along. It was because of her impatience and lack of faith that Ishmael was born. I must say, it was also the lack of faith on Abram's part to be patience and wait on the Lord timing. It was Sarai's lack of faith in the Word and voice of God and Abram's lack of leadership to lead and speak on behalf of the voice and Word of God. Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. Genesis 16:1-4
Did you notice the attitude of Hagar toward Sarai (her mistress) after she conceived? It was one of contempt. At the age of eighty-six, Abram became the father of Ishmael. So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. Genesis 16:15-16
Thirteen more years passed without a son being born to Sarah. My point is this: we must learn to wait on the promise that God made to us either through His Word or through a prophecy.
When we try to "make it happen" it is never God's best that He has for us!
There were four times the Lord spoke to Abram:
All that the Lord God required of Abram was to serve Him and to live a life that would represent Him. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless." Genesis 17:1
Remember this one thing, the Lord God never needs assistance from an individual to fulfill His promise to them. Ishmael was the result of man assisting God's promise.
God lives in eternity--outside of time--we live in time. Ishmael was the result of Abraham being impatient and listening to His non-believing wife. They took God's promise and tried to make it happen with their finite minds.
Remember, your faith in the Lord God's Word is your greatest asset in His Kingdom
All scriptures are NKJV unless noted
W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
