Dearly beloved in Christ, we, as the children of GOD have received so
many promises (and prophecies) from GOD in our life. But unfortunately, many
times we take them very lightly. There may be many reasons for us to show such
an attitude toward GOD’s promise, but the primary reason is “we always
compare His promise with the current state of our life.” My dear beloved,
that is not the right attitude. In our world, if a person promises us anything,
we will always think about his/her potential to fulfill that promise before
believing in the promise. In the same way, if GOD has promised us something; we
just have think about the potential of the Promise-Giver and not about our
current state of life. So can any one of us say that, GOD is impotent to fulfill
His promise in your life? No friends, our GOD is not Impotent, but
OMNIPOTENT. He is all-powerful.
In Genesis 18, there is an incident recorded where 3 messengers were
sent from GOD to bring judgement on Sodom & Gomorrah because of their
increasing immorality. On their way, these 3 men had a meeting with Abraham. At
this point of time, Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah (his wife) was 90 years
old. They didn’t have a child of their own and also Sarah lost her ability to
bear a child anymore. My beloved, this may be today your condition too; where
you are not in a state to bear spiritual fruits for GOD. Your present life may
not be fruitful.But the Promise-Giver (GOD) will certainly fulfil his Promise in your life
in due time. So cheer up beloved. Now, coming back to the story, at this moment GOD gave a promise to
Abraham saying that; “Sarah will bear you a child and she will give birth to
a son in the next delivery period and in that son all the nations of the world
will be blessed”. Sarah was hearing this promise which GOD gave to her
husband Abraham and she LAUGHED at it.
Now, why did she laughed by hearing GOD’s promise? Yes beloved, it is
recorded in the bible that; she laughed thinking about the present condition of
her life. She lost her ability to bear a child and hence, the promise of GOD
became like a joke for her. She forgot to realise the potential of the
Promise-Giver. My dear beloved, many of us are like Sarah. We laugh at the
promises of GOD by comparing it with the current state of our life. We often
forget the potential of our Heavenly Father who is an OMNIPOTENT GOD.
GOD’s view on His promises for us is different. If your view about GOD’s
promises in your life is like the one of Sarah in the Bible, GOD is telling you
today that; “If I was SERIOUS about my promise to Sarah, I am indeed SERIOUS
about my promise to you. So if I am SERIOUS about my promise for you, then why
not you be SERIOUS about it”.
Yes my beloved, GOD is very much serious about His promises in your
life. Don’t see at your present condition of life and take His promises
lightly. Just remember this, “GOD is serious about His promises in the Bible
and He proved it to us by fulfilling each one of them”. Yes beloved, If GOD
was not serious about his promise to Abraham in Genesis 18, JESUS CHRIST, his
son would not have come to this world.
Therefore, let us change our attitude in perceiving GOD’s promises in
our lives. Let us BELIEVE & RECEIVE.
(Note: This
article was written by Mr. Ravi Shankar. He is currently working as a software
engineer. GHG team thank Mr. Ravi for the article. May God bless him
abundantly. If you wish to send your own article, kindly mail it to
goldenhandsofgrace@gmail.com)
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