Zephaniah 3:17
April 29, 2024
TODAY’S GOSPEL READING – 29 APRIL
April 29, 2024
THE 29th OF APRIL
ABRAHAM CHOSE TO BELIEVE GOD’S PROMISE AND NOT DOUBT
He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. Romans 4:20-21
Abraham strengthened himself by his faith and continued to give glory to God for fifteen years until he saw the fulfillment of the Lord’s promise. How wonderful! In all those years, he refused to doubt that he would receive what God had promised. For someone who, until he was ninety years old, had no child, to believe that he would have so many offspring that he will become the father of many nations and the whole earth would be to be blessed in his seed was enormous! And indeed, Jesus was born of the descendants of Isaac, and through him all the earth is blessed!
Abraham knew that God would do what He promised, and nothing could have shake his belief! Such a faith is counted by the Lord as righteousness for the one who has it. He who has such a faith, knows his Lord, and can live purely by fulfilling the Scriptures.
SUGGESTED PRAYER
My Lord, I thank You for Isaac, the son of promise, through which even me, as a Gentile have been adopted into Your people. Please help me to have an unwavering faith in Your promises, as Abraham had! Help me believe in what seems impossible and not doubt that You can do what You have promised, because nothing is impossible for You! Glory to Your holy Name forever. Amen
