Friday 10 Sep 2021

September 10: Galatians 3:15-18
 
Key Verse: Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say ‘and to seeds’, meaning many people, but ‘and to your seed’, meaning one person, who is Christ.
 
Devotion:
If we read our first book in the Old Testament, we will read about Abraham being told by God his offspring would inherit the land. We can also read about how Abraham went about trying to have a child which God had promised him. But if Abraham had waited on God to fulfil His promise, Abraham would not have gone through so much heartache!
 
Far too often we try to hurry God along, or we try to help God to do the things He promises to us. I have learned to be patient, not just for a minute or two, or even hours, but to be willing to wait for days, months and years. When God promises us something, we should be willing and faithful to wait for that promise to be fulfilled by Him!
 
We can now look back on the Old Testament writings and see Christ was the one to inherit the land. This is because Christ is a descendant of Abraham – however many generations there are between Abraham and Jesus – they are family. We can continue to compare the Old Testament promises with what was delivered in the New Testament and see just how many promises came true.
 
We should be more than willing to expect His promises to come true based on past history! We should be more than willing to wait patiently for God to fulfil those promises. Yes we get impatient. Yes we want things to be our way. God has made the promises – stand back and wait!
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you look back and check up on promises?
 
How many prayers do you look back on and see them answered?