+DEV+ Jesus: The Child of Promise

Date: August 6, 2012 8:45 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Jesus: The Child of Promise

Jesus: The Child of Promise

"Now the LORD was gracious...and... did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him."  (Genesis 21:1-2)
Scripture Focus: Genesis 21:1-7

Abram's name meant "Daddy." The problem was that he and the aged Sarai were childless. But back in Genesis 15:4, the LORD promised 99 year old Abram "a son coming from your own body will be your heir." God also changed his name to Abraham which means, "Big Daddy," because he would become the father of many nations (17:4). Can you imagine the gossip and jokes tossed out at childless Abraham's expense? "Here comes old Abe, the Big Daddy!"

But the LORD wasn't joking. God always keeps His promises. He is the great Promise Keeper! Thousands of years later, another child would be born, also a child of promise. Seven hundred years before that event, the prophet Isaiah wrote these words: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). Just as God miraculously opened Sarah's aged womb, so also He opened the womb of a virgin, who gave birth to Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

Insight: God Never Forgot His Promise To Abraham. Neither Will He Forget His Promises To Us. Our Assurance Rests On Our Promise Keeper.