God Always Has a Plan
by Gloria Copeland
Have you ever been tempted to give up on the dreams and desires God put in your heart? Have you ever been tempted to think you just don’t have what it takes, or that too many years of your life have gone by for you to do all that He called you to do?
If so, here’s a word of encouragement for you: You’re in very good company. Abraham, one of the greatest faith heroes in the Bible (the man the New Testament calls the father of all them that believe) once faced the same temptation. At 99 years old, he reached a point where it no longer looked possible for God’s plan for his life to be fulfilled.
After waiting decades for the son God had promised him, Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was still barren and at 90 years old her childbearing years were behind her. They’d made a mess of things by substituting their plan for God’s. And now Abraham had to confront the natural reality: Time had run out. It was too late for him and Sarah to ever have a child.
BVOV : 27
