When the Promise Dies
Feb 25, 2019 3751
Have you ever come to a point in your life when the promise of God seems dead: when you have asked God for something to happen again and again, perhaps for many years, and now it seems impossible that he will fulfil his word to you? These are some of the most difficult situations to face in life. It’s then that your faith is really tested. Some people give up on God. For others, their disappointment colours the rest of their lives.
But it’s when the promise dies that God does his best work. It’s when Lazarus was dead that Mary had given up hope that Jesus came and raised him back to life. It’s when the bleeding woman had spent all her life savings after twelve years, that she was healed by touching Jesus. It’s when Abraham and Sarah were so old that their bodies were “as good as dead,” that Jesus gave them a son. It’s when Jesus of Nazareth had lain in the grave for three nights, that he rose again in victory.
This means that the time when we should expect the most from God is when we would seem to have the least, in the darkest hour, when hope seems gone. When we are most tempted to let go is when we should more strongly hold on.
When the promises seems dead, God fulfils his promise.
Why is it that God so often waits until the promise seems dead before he fulfils it? I think that there are various reason.
The first thing to say is that although the promise may seem dead to you, it is never dead to God. He always fulfils his word.
If God fulfilled his promises when we wanted them fulfilled, and in the way that we wanted them fulfilled, then what a mess our lives would be! Usually, what we want is not what God wants, and our timing is not his timing.
God always comes through when the promise dies so that we might know that he is God. Otherwise it is only human to be tempted to attribute success to the circumstances, to good luck, or even to our own intelligence, and abilities.
And there is another reason why God does his best work when the promise seems dead. It’s because otherwise, how would we learn to trust in him? God’s purpose is to guide you through life so that you grow in faith and in spiritual strength. Growth always involves difficult decisions and tough challenges. God intends to teach us that the strongest person is not the one who has nothing to lean on, but the one who leans on God.
And one thing that God will never, ever do is to try you beyond your ability to withstand:
All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it (1 Cor 10:13, MSG).
When the promise seems dead, you will have to decide whether you will hold onto the promise or whether you will trust in God. And if you trust him, you will find that it’s when the promise seems dead, that God fulfils his promise.
– Eliezer Gonzalez
Tafese Gebremedihin Erano
Mar 4, 2019
Thank you very much for your sharing these much advices and words of Bible. May Jesus bless you and your whole things! I get back blessed by your Biblical words advises. Let me ask you some thing: 1/ Which state country are you in? 2/ Would you tell or share me your life experience that you had encountered? I am sorry to say it: But I hope you would understand me as man of God and as a brother through Jesus. Now a time I have been facing problem of debit. So that I have been asking my God to help me get out of this debit. Because I had borrowed Ethiopian six hundred thousand Birr from a person to buy my own living home before I had married. I did this to prepare my self and to had been married. But suddenly the person whom I had bought the land to build my home had been flight to another country after he had already taken the whole money. He hadn't pass over his file and signed. The amount of birr that I had given for him was I borrowed from anther person as God knows. So the time is approaching to pay the money, but I haven't any money except my monthly salary of 6371 Birr. I have married and waiting for my first baby on the coming April. Even my wife doesn't know the matter. Please, help me with your prayer and as you can. Really I am in trouble. I do't know what can I do. If God listen me and help me, I would be in life. Unless I am going to die letting my wife and baby alone.
David Ayende
Feb 28, 2019
Well noted. Even in the grave, God fulfils his promises. Thanks so much Daddy. God bless you.
Eliezer Gonzalez
Apr 9, 2019
Hello Tafese - I can see that you are in a very difficult situation. I have forwarded your name to our team of Prayer Warriors around the world so that they can remember you in their prayers. Remember that no matter how difficult it may seem, life is more than money, as much as it may cause us despair. God doesn't want you to die. I encourage you to reach out and get help from professionals and fellow Christians in order to cope with your difficult situation. Grace and peace - Eliezer