“…he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb.” ~ Rom. 4:19
It seems, God doesn’t give great promises until He puts the sentence of death upon all our human means in helping Him fulfill it. He does not want us to “…consider” anything that might invade our faith. Hebrews, that great book of faith, tells us we are to only consider Him.
The world, the flesh and the devil will offer many objections to our faith, but we need to allow God to answer these. Faith doesn’t reason; it rests. Whenever we begin to consider the circumstances and conditions that surround us and take our eyes off Christ, who gave the promise, we will drown in doubt. Ask Peter!
Abraham had hoped Ishmael, a product of him and Sarah’s own ingenuity would fulfill God’s promise. But, it was the birth of impossible Isaac that would fulfill it. Here we see, God sometimes fulfills one promise by denying another.
by anAged Saint
Wonderful, Dad. Thank you!