"AS HE HAD SAID"
This entry was posted on 02-22-2010 and is filed under STUDIES IN GENESIS.
"And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken" (Gen. 21:1 NKJV).
Does it ever pay to doubt God? How many times have we disappointed Him with our unbelief? For my own part, way too many times! I like our verse for today. God visited Sarah as He had said. The Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. Wow. I wonder how Sarah felt now? A little sheepish perhaps? God is God and He can do anything He wants. He keeps His promises. He is all-powerful and performs what He has promised. Oh, that we had the faith from the outset to believe Him, trust Him, and react with sheer delight when those promises come true. The birth of Isaac, the promised son, proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that God can be trusted.
Politicians cannot do this. Many times they break their campaign promises the same day they are elected. It was all a sham. For shame! This can never be said of the Creator of the Universe! What He says comes true. He does for us as He has spoken. Just study all the promises and all the prophecies of the Bible. Does God keep His word or not? Read Joshua's "farewell address" one more time. "Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed" (Josh. 23:14).
Prayer: Lord, give us the faith of Joshua to trust you in every circumstance.