Daily Word

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you” And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:13-15. Faith can endure patiently because God’s oath secures His promise to us, as it did to Abraham. Our confidence rests in the eternal high priesthood of Jesus after the order of Melchizedek, a priesthood secured by divine promise and oath. That God whose “word is truth,” should reinforce the surety of that infallible promise through an oath underscores the permanence and seriousness of the divine promise. While sinful and fallible human beings “swear by something greater” than themselves, God, the highest authority, “swore by himself.” The divine promise and oath was God’s response to Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of Isaac, the child of divine promise, in obedience to divine direction. In the birth and then the rescue of Isaac, Abraham did receive the promised blessing of offspring. Nevertheless, he did not see the complete fulfillment of those covenantal promises. The word is full of God’s promises for you. Those promises are fulfilled in His time and not ours. Our requirement is to demonstrate faith that endures patiently. What promise have you given up on lately?