Genesis 20-22; Luke 8

Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of the place. The-LORD-Will-Provide; as is it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided."

Earlier in our study we saw God make a specific promise to Abraham. He said He’d give him a son. It’s been twenty-five years since Abraham left Haran (Genesis 12:4), but the time has finally come for that promise to be fulfilled. When things are just right in God’s eyes... when the right moment has come... He acts. God doesn’t forget what He says He’ll do. Genesis 21:1 “And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken.” Keep in mind that she is 90 years old and he is 100. Only God could have provided this miracle. Genesis 21:2 “For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. Can you imagine their joy as they held their long-awaited child. They had been waiting for a quarter of a century. God has His times. It is not for us to know them; indeed, we cannot know them; we must wait for them. God is never late he is always on time. I can’t imagine Abraham preparing to offer the promise child Isaac, to be offered as a sacrifice. I for sure would have been questioning the Lord’s timing on that one, but I think Abraham knew somehow the Lord would provide and He did. So if you’re waiting on a promise and feel like God has forgotten you or is a little late, be reminded today that his timing is perfect…God will provide and he is never too late.

In Him,
Pastor Joe

Next Reading: Genesis 23-24; Luke 9