In Search of God's Promises

What is the one thing we do when we feel out of control in a situation? We grasp onto something stable, something we can lean on, something that will hold us up. When the ground is shifting we want something solid to stand on. This is a journey through the Bible in search of God's promises for us today. Let's look together to see how many "boulders" He has in His quarry for us to stand on! "It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." Rom. 9:8

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Promise 45 Gen. 18:13-14

Gen. 18: 13-14 - "And the Lord said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?' is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son'." That is the big question we need to consider isn't it? "Is anything too difficult for the Lord?" Life often times brings things that seem so enormous and even impossible to be resolved, such as cancer or other long term illness' such as chronic Fatique Syndrome. These illnesses are those that cause people to question God's ability very quickly. God has such a simple answer to such a complicated question. There is nothing too difficult for the Lord! So why does He 'allow' then these terrible things to happen? Because He loves these people too much to let them stay as they are. Every single person in this world will suffer pain at some point in their lives, some suffer longer and more intense than others, but God is working with and in each individual person in a unique way. Yes, it's not fun to suffer, and it is not the way that most people would choose to live this life (and to be honest, it isn't God's "choice" for people to suffer either), in pain or in a wheelchair or whatever, but this life is but a glimpse of what our true lives are, this is nothing compared to eternity, where there is no pain. Maybe, just maybe, the endurance demanded of people now will have some bearing on what they will be like for all eternity. ONLY God knows that. But the main point, is, 'there is NOTHING that God can't handle or remedy here on earth.' Its a fact, the Lord Himself said it, we MUST believe it.

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