Sarah - Her Promise

Sarah - Her Promise

How hard it was for Sarah (and is for us as well) to remember God’s promises and to wait for him to fulfill them. God’s promises are revealed and fulfilled in his own timing, which is often on a calendar far different from our own.

Waiting patiently for God to work may be one of the most difficult experiences of our Christian walk. We live in an age of the immediate. We think waiting, and doing so quietly, is somehow less worthy, perhaps even a bit lazy. We’re great “do-it-yourselfers,” but we often get in God’s way when we take things into our own hands.

Do you have something you’re waiting for God to do? Have you asked him for the salvation of your husband? Of a family member? Are you praying for a rebellious child to come home? Whatever the circumstances, God’s timing is the best timing. When you’re tempted to step in and make things happen on your own, think of Sarah. Her attempts to fulfill God’s promise of a son through her servant Hagar had disastrous results. Remember that God has his own timetable, and rest in the assurance that he loves you and will fulfill his promises to you.

Promises in Scripture

Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.

— Psalm 27:14

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I put my hope.

— Psalm 130:5

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you;
he rises to show you compassion.

For the LORD is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!

— Isaiah 30:18

But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.

— Micah 7:7