Romans 4:19
19 And [kai] being not [me] weak [astheneo] in faith [pistis], he considered [katanoeo]
not [ou] his own [heautou] body [soma] now [ede] dead [nekroo], when he was [huparcho] about [pou] an hundred
years old [hekatontaetes], neither yet [kai] the deadness [nekrosis] of
Sara's [Sarrha] womb [metra]: KJV-Interlinear
19 He
did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as
dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness
of Sarah’s womb. ESV
From the last verse, hope against hope, is now
described. Abraham had hope in the
promise, but could see his own biological predicament. He was old and incapable of having
children. Sarah was likewise beyond
menopause and no longer fertile.
So, as far as the human viewpoint and facts of life
go, they were not likely parental candidates, and never would be.
But God is not bound by human deficiencies or
handicaps or human limitations. God is
capable of doing anything. After all He did design and invent the entire
universe and all that is in it.
Just look at humanity.
We came from dust, and from that dust there are all types of examples of
beauty and form and talents and such. Can
anyone else take a handful of dust and create a phenomenal singer or athlete or
mental genius?
And yet God takes dust and forms people, and the means
of promoting the race from generation to generation.
God creates out of nothing, human life and the
intellect and mentality and emotional characteristics and more, that go along
with it.
Look no farther than yourself.
You think, but the substance of your life cannot be
seen or measured or even contained in anything apart from the soul in which God
placed it. He gave us a physical
existence so that we could interact with the world around us, a brain that
filters the capabilities of the soul, down through the physical body.
And all of this and far more, is beyond our understanding,
even in our scientifically advanced era.
And so, Abraham had a promise, that he would have a
son. He looked at his own situation, and
he looked at God, and he waited and waited knowing that when the time was
right, God will make good on His promise.
And, he did this without any clue as to how it would all happen.
And so, we too will face difficulties and hardships
and situations that will seem impossible, as far as we are concerned.
But Christ put us into this world, and Christ did not
place us here arbitrarily.
We have to pursue our faith, through learning, and we
have to face the impossible sooner or later, if we are ready, and then Gods
promise to us or purpose for us, whatever that might be, will come together.
And there is nothing the world can do to prevent it.
God always does His part, we need only do our
part. And our part is to stick with a
daily study and learn and continue doing that until we mature, and are then ready
and usable by God, to do His purpose.
Our purpose or what we might think our purpose is, and
our timetable, is of no consequence. God has a greater purpose.
