Are You Fully Pursuaded?

“And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”

 Romans 4:21 (KJV)

 

Imagine this conversation taking place between God, Abraham and Sarah –

“Abraham and Sarah can you wait for a child?” asks God.

They reply-

“Of course Lord, 9 months is a small thing to ask considering the joy of that answered prayer”

“No, no, no” God tells them – “You don’t understand – I am asking you to wait 25 years!”

You get the picture.

Of course Sarah and Abraham had no idea of the wait they were in for after they received the promise.

Much would happen in their lives in those 25 years of waiting.

They waited, they stumbled, they waited some more.

Sometimes faith simply requires that you wait!

It is a ‘holding fast’ and ‘trusting’ wait.

It is a ‘wait in confidence’ faith.

It is never a “wait in vain” when a promise from God anchors that wait.

Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to perform what He had promised.

But we can also take this lesson from Abraham and Sarah’s story –

As you wait, don’t try to take matters into your own hands.

If God directs in a particular way then by all means be obedient to that direction but absent of any additional word from Him, hold fast, trust Him and let Him complete the work He has promised you.