by Outreach Of Hope
Genesis 17:15-19 The problem with pain is that it forces us to live in the moment, to deal with its ever-present, inescapable, unrelenting presence. That narrow, unpleasant perspective, like blinders on a horse, prevents us from clearly seeing the past - where God displayed His faithfulness to us, and the future - where the fulfillment of His promises awaits us. Because we only see this sliver of time, we tend to view all of time through the same cracked and ill-fitting glasses. We forget that God is not bound by time. He exists outside of its minutes and millennia. Promises that seem impossible from our limited perspective are totally possible from His. He will keep every promise He has made to His children, no matter how absurd they seem at the time. "I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her," (verse 16) was so impossible for Abraham to believe, since his bride was now ninety, that he fell facedown and laughed. But as surely as Abraham held his promised son Isaac close to his heart, those who suffer now can hold the promises in God's Word close to their heart, no matter how impossible they seem. They can agree with God when he says, "Is anything too hard for the LORD?" (Genesis 18:14)
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