by Dudley Anderson
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Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done.
Sarai was a beautiful woman. She was married to an influential man. Abram had migrated with his family and company many miles across arid desert regions and had taken up residence in a new land. Before leaving, God, who he had not before known, appeared to him and gave him a promise that he would be the father of nations. He was confused at this promise since his lovely wife, Sarai, was unable to have children. Yet Abram believed the Lord God Almighty who had revealed himself to him. Many years later, well past the age of childbearing, God sent angels to Abram, now called Abraham, to reaffirm his promise. When Sarai, now called Sarah, heard the angels, she laughed because she knew how impossible it would be for her to have a baby. But her husband continued to believe in God’s promise. Abraham was the father of faith. More time passed. Abraham and his lovely wife were now very old. Desperate to realise God’s promise, Sarah made a plan. She suggested Abraham sleep with her maidservant to produce offspring for her (a custom common at that time). Abraham was convinced. And so, Ishmael was born. By their own plan, they filled God’s promise, or so they thought. But God is always true to his word. Abraham was nearly100-years old when Sarah gave birth to the promised child. They named him Isaac, which means laughter because they were delighted by God’s humour to grant them a child at such an age. We know the story well, how Isaac was the father of the Jewish nation of which Jesus, the Messiah, was born. God’s plan was not only for Abraham to be blessed and realise God’s promises, but for you and me, today in the 21st century, to realise the promise of God to bless the world through the offspring of Abraham. Whose plan will you follow? God has made his will clear to you. You know that he has great plans for you – plans for peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. And yet, as I do and Abraham did, you have made your own plans to fulfil God’s promises. God’s word to you today is to step away, step back and allow God to fulfil the plans that he knows he has for you. His promises are always yes in Jesus. God-tracking is following God’s plans, not your own. IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you! Genesis 12:1-3 Genesis 18:1-15 Genesis 21:1-7 Jeremiah 29:11 2 Corinthians 1:20 Follow Dudley on Twitter twitter.com/godtracker Like GodTracker on Facebook facebook.com/godtracker SUBSCRIBE to the FREE weekly e-devotional GodTracker at, http://eepurl.com/dxTLAf ***************** GodTracker has been impacting lives for the best part of 23 years. If this devotional has blessed you please share it with a friend and invite them to subscribe at: www.surereality.net/godtracker-devotional. *****************
SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY “I step away from my own designs and choose to put my faith in your will, however long it may take to come to fruition.” “Dear Lord, forgive me for making my own plans instead of waiting for you to fulfil your plans in my life. I know you have a plan and a purpose for me to serve you and be an influence in my world, as Abraham was in his. So, today, I step away from my own designs and choose to put my faith in your will, however long it may take to come to fruition. Your will be done in my life. Amen.” If you prayed that prayer today email me [email protected] HELP keep GodTracker free ---------------------------- What is GodTracker? GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, godtracker.co.uk/godtracker-podcasts Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa Dudley Anderson began writing for radio in 1994. Dudley currently writes a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought called GodTracker and has complied 2 devotional books based on GodTracker. More information at surereaity.net
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