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Talk about having reasons to give up on your God-given dreams! Abraham had plenty of them. The devil was whispering in his ear and all his circumstances were shouting, There’s no way God’s promise can come to pass for you now. You’ve blown it. It’s too late! God, however, showed up at that point and told 99-year-old Abraham just the opposite. As Genesis 17 records, He appeared to him and said: "I am the Almighty God; walk and live habitually before Me.… And I will make My covenant (solemn pledge) between Me and you and will multiply you exceedingly…. and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee" (Genesis 17:1-2, "Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"; verses 4–7, "King James Version"). Notice, the first thing God did there was remind Abraham that he was in covenant with Almighty God, the One for whom nothing is impossible. Then He repeated the promise He’d given Abraham years before and assured him: 'My promise is still good. My plan for you hasn’t changed. Just keep walking with Me in faith and I will bring it to pass.' If you’ve been facing a situation like Abraham’s, God is saying the same to you! It doesn’t matter how hopeless the circumstances around you may look, or how long you’ve waited for them to change, He wants you to know: His plans for you and His promises for you can still become a reality. There is a way. You haven’t blown it. It’s not too late. You just have to take a page from Abraham’s playbook. At 99 years old, he believed the Word of God and acted on it. He put it in his mouth, fixed his attention on the fact that he had a blood covenant with the Almighty, and started calling himself the father of many nations. "He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah’s [deadened] womb. No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God, fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised" (Romans 4:19–21, "AMPC"). What happened as a result? The impossible! Ninety-year-old Sarah got pregnant. Isaac, the son of promise, was born to her and Abraham, and at 90 and 100 years old they both found themselves standing in the fulfillment of their God-given dreams. You Have Something Abraham Didn’t “But Gloria,” you might say, “I just can’t figure out how the impossible could happen in my situation. And unlike Abraham, God hasn’t appeared to me and given me a word.” He doesn’t need to appear and give you a word! You have His Word in a form that Abraham didn’t. You have it written down for you in your Bible. And as for not being able to figure out how His Word can come to pass for you, what difference does that make? 28 : BVOV