#TheFathersWord
Ever had the feeling that
you couldn't attend an event or you couldn't start something because
there was no time. It's stressful when you feel like you are running
out of time but hey, there is time. Today, the word from above is
this – It's not too late
It's not too late.
The Context of the message comes from Genesis 18 v 10 – 15
The Lord said, “I will be sure to return to you at this time next
year. And your wife Sarah will have a son.” Sarah was listening at
the tent door behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old. They had
lived many years. The way of women had stopped for Sarah. So Sarah
laughed to herself, saying, “Will I have this joy after my husband
and I have grown old?” Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did
Sarah laugh and say, ‘How can I give birth to a child when I am so
old?’
Is
anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at this time
next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
In this passage, we see that
the Lord spoke to Abraham and told him that he and his wife, Sarah
would have a son at that time the following year. Now, both of them
were old so they both had their doubts about what the Lord said to
them. Sarah laughed at the idea, but the Lord responded by saying “Is
Anything too hard for the Lord”. He kept his promise, God was
faithful. He told Sarah, it's not too late for her to have a child
and in Chapter 21, is where the promise is fulfilled.
'Then the Lord visited Sarah
as He had said and did for her as He had promised.
Sarah was able to have a child and she gave birth
to a son when Abraham was very old. He was born at the time the Lord
said it would happen'
So, we saw that in the
beginning Sarah and Abraham doubted whether they could still have a
child together. Sarah looked at herself and because she was old, she
thought it couldn't happen but the Lord had other plans. It's not too
late, Sarah, nothing is too hard.
The next year, God showed up
and delivered his promise, he kept his promise to Abraham and Sarah.
Let's look at this in a
modern day context. You've been planning something for a while, time
is ticking and then you decide to go something spectacular but you
decide that is too late and that you should leave it as it is. At
that time, you get a phone call telling you that the very thing you
have always wanted to is now possible, you laugh it off and you head
back. The next day, you now see the manifestation of the promise and
you then wonder it to yourself 'How even was it possible'
When God really wants you to
have something, no time zone, no clock, lateness, early arrival, or
missed appointments will stop him from giving it to you. When God
Promises you something he will deliver it to you on time.
In the New Testament when
Peter and his fellow disciples were in the middle of a storm, God
showed up just on time. It wasn't too late for God to step in and
calm down the situation, he timed it to perfection. One of the
greatest moments was when Jesus rose Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus
laid in his resting place for 4 days, now his sisters knew Jesus had
the power to do it but because it looked a hopeless situation, they
doubted but Jesus came through and knew it could happen because of
his Father's promise to him. He called forth Lazarus, Lazarus rose up
and was freed.
What looked like a lost
situation was not lost anymore, God showed up on time. What seemed
late to the sisters didn't look like lateness to God. He had an
appointment and showed up on time
What are you currently
looking to do. What is the one thing you have always wanted to do?
What is the one thing that is stopping you? Is there something that
you have given up or left to the side because you felt there is no
time?
It's not too late to start
again, it's not too late to start a new job, it's not too late to
start a new business, it's not too late to say sorry, it's not too
late to resurrect dead dreams, ideas. Resurrect it and bring it back
to life.
It's not too late, It's
not too late
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