Blessings dear community @ChristianFellowship, it is nice to be here, the peace of God be with everyone
Romans 4: 13-21 Says:
13 For God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive the world as an inheritance; but this promise was not conditional on the fulfillment of the law, but on the justice that is based on faith. 14 For if those who are to receive the inheritance are those who are based on the law, then faith would be useless and God's promise would lose its value. 15 For the law brings punishment; But where there is no law, there is no fault against the law either.16 So, in order for the promise made to Abraham to retain its value for all his descendants, it was a free gift, based on faith. That is, the promise is not only for those who are based on the law, but also for all those who are based on faith, like Abraham. In this way he becomes the father of us all, 17 as the Scripture says: "I have made you the father of many nations." This is the God in whom Abraham believed, the God who gives life to the dead and creates things that do not yet exist.18 When there was no longer hope, Abraham believed and had hope, and thus became "father of many nations" , according to what God had said to him: "This will be the number of your descendants." 19 Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though he was almost a hundred years old and he realized that both he and Sarah were almost dead, and that they were too old to have children. 20 He did not doubt or distrust God's promise, but had stronger faith. He praised God, 21 fully convinced that God has the power to fulfill what He promises.
He did not doubt (Abraham) nor distrust the promise of God, but had a stronger faith. Praised God (Rom. 4:20).
One of the most difficult things in life is learning to wait. Usually we want instant solutions: the report of a biopsy, the prayer of a cause, the result of a family drama, the conversion of a spouse, the transformation of a child, the answer to a prayer. How to wait without hesitation or complaint? Prolonged struggles, too long resolutions, and the anxiety that ensnares us end up representing a test of faith.
As we read the story of Abraham and Sarah today, we know beforehand that the promise that they would have a son of their blood was fulfilled. Therefore, it is easy to minimize the drama of this couple, who had to spend years waiting without abandoning trust in the Lord. Today's reading text records that Abraham saw his body deteriorate and realized that the natural conditions for him and his wife to generate the promised heir became humanly impossible. However, the surprising thing is that he saw something else, and he manifested it in his attitude: Abraham was strengthened by giving glory to God! This does not mean that Abraham repeated "glory to God" all the time, as a phrase, but that he did not allow his mind to succumb to the visible decay of his body. Instead, he reaffirmed himself the sovereign and immutable power of God!
To this day, this is how the Christian strengthens himself in the face of his dramas and struggles. Discerning that control is in God's hands and that he does not change, persevering in trusting that he is powerful to achieve what seems impossible, leads us to take our eyes off ourselves and our weakness, turning our eyes only to the Lord. It is this attitude that praises and glorifies God.
Waiting in faith in God glorifies him as much as thanking him for the help sent.
