The Promise Still Stands 🦋🤍

God gave Abraham a promise… But the promise didn’t happen overnight.

There was waiting.

There was stretching.

There was process.

But the promise still came to pass. If you’re in the waiting season, this message is for you.

The promise still stands.

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Father, today we come before you with hearts of gratitude. I come before you with a heart filled with gratitude. And before I speak to you or ask you for anything, I just want to pause and acknowledge who you are. You are holy. You are faithful. You are the beginning and the end. You are the God who was, who is, and who is to come. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise. His greatness no one can fathom. Today, God, I lift my voice in praise. I praise you because you are good. I praise you because you are faithful. I praise you because you have carried me through seasons I did not think I would survive. Father, I thank you. I thank you for the gift of life. I thank you for the breath in my lungs. I thank you for every year you have allowed me to see. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits. So today, God, I remember. I remember the doors you opened. I remember the battles you fought for me. I remember the prayers you answered and the ones you are still working on. Lord, today I worship you, not just for what you have done, but for who you are. You are my Jehovah Jireh, my provider. You are Jehovah Rapha, my healer. You are Jehovah Shalom, my peace. You are El Shaddai, the God who is more than enough. And God, you have been my more than enough. Today, God, I adore you. Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor. Everything belongs to you. Every victory belongs to you. Every breakthrough belongs to you. Every promise fulfilled. Hallelujah! Belongs to you, Father. I want to thank you for the journey. Thank you for the lessons that shaped me. Thank you for the seasons that stretched me. Thank you, Abba Father, for the moments that taught me how to trust you, even when I could not see the outcome. And I thank you, God, for your word in Romans 8, verse 28. And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him. And so today, God, thank you for all things. Thank you for every season. Even the seasons that were painful, the seasons that were confusing, because now I see that you are working in every moment. Daddy God, today I stand on your promise. And so today, God, I declare the promise of God over my life and over every single person, oh God, that may tune into this podcast. I declare God's promises over our lives, they are not canceled. God's promises over my life is not canceled. God's promises over your life, your lives, they are not delayed beyond his purpose. What God has spoken, he will fulfill. Does he promise and not fulfill? Today, God, we stand in faith. Even if the promise has taken time, even if the journey has been long, even if the process has been difficult. God, I am declaring today, we are declaring today that you are, oh God, you are faithful, and your word is faithful. You're faithful to your word, God. Thank you, Jesus. Daddy God, I really appreciate you. You have been so good, you have been so kind, you have been trustworthy. Everything we need and so much more. God, teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Father, we acknowledge that every year of life is a gift from you. Every breath, every lesson, every moment, we are still standing. And Father, I thank you for your sustaining grace. Thank you for keeping us, God. Thank you for guiding us. Hallelujah. And so today, God, I celebrate your faithfulness and I declare in the atmosphere God's promises over our lives, they still stand. And what you have spoken, you will fulfill. In Jesus' name, I pray. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. It's my birthday, and I'm so grateful for this day. This is the day that the Lord hath made. I will rejoice. And I pray that you will rejoice with me and be glad in it. Hallelujah. Today's message is about promise. So I am drifting a little bit from our 40-day journey because today I just want to pour into somebody. And just to remind you that the promise still stands. Hallelujah. Ah, today, you know, birthdays kind of have a way of making us reflect. You know, we look back at where we've been, we look at seasons that shaped us. And sometimes we sit and we wonder about the promises God spoke over our lives. And maybe you are listening today and you feel like you are still waiting. You're still waiting for clarity. You're still waiting for healing, still waiting for purpose to unfold. I want you to hear this today. God's promises, they often begin long before we see their fulfillment. And yesterday I was reminded of the story of Abraham, the promise that God made to Abraham. And so today, I just want to pour into somebody and just to let you know that the promise still stands. God is not a man that he should lie, neither is he the son of man that he should repent. I always say, if him say it, as so it goes. Uh that God's promises often begin long before we see their fulfillment, and that is the story of Abraham. And the story can be found in the book of Genesis, Genesis 12, where God speaks to Abraham and gives him a promise. God says to Abraham, I will make you into a great nation, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. And this was a big promise. This morning I got off my bed and I said, God, I am expecting big, massive. So this was not a small promise. God was telling Abraham that his life would impact generations. But here's the part that makes the promise even more powerful. At the time God spoke this promise, Abraham had no child. The very thing God promised seemed impossible. And many people hear the promise of God, but we often struggle with the gap between what God said and what they see. Right? So the gap between the promise and the reality is where we have the struggle. Abraham had to live in that gap. Years past, still no child. Years past, still no fulfillment. Years past, still waiting. And I can only imagine the questions Abraham must have had. So God was expanding Abraham's vision. Because sometimes when the promise feels delayed, our vision becomes small. You know, when whenever we're waiting, we're in those lengthy waiting seasons because we ask big for God from God, we ask him for the big things, and he is that kind of God because he promises us big things, he promises us a future of hope, he promises us a bright future, and so there when the waiting, when when the promise feels delayed, what we tend to do is we go into this space where we start questioning God and then we start asking, Did I ask too much? And then the vision becomes smaller and smaller, so we start thinking small. But here we see where God took Abraham outside and God expanded the vision. God reminds Abraham of what he sees. Because over my lifetime, I have realized that if I were to look at my life through my naked lenses, I would never have started a ministry. Because when the Holy Spirit said, Beautiful me, I was like, You have got to be kidding me. All I saw was pain and brokenness and heartbreak and struggles. I saw rejection, I saw abandonment, I saw not good enough, I saw nothing, I saw unworthy. That's what I saw. But here we see where God He reminds Abraham of what he God sees. And process, listen, oh my god, the process of the promise. The promise did not happen immediately. It took twenty-five years before Abraham and Sarah had their son Isaac. Twenty-five years of believing, twenty-five years of waiting, twenty-five years of learning to trust God. But you know what is beautiful? During those years, God was doing something that was important. God was shaping Abraham, just as how God is shaping you and I as we wait, as we go through the process of waiting. God was doing great work in Abraham. We see where his faith was being developed, his trust was being strengthened. The promise was not just about Isaac. Your promise is not just about you, it was about forming Abraham into the man who could carry the promise. And the Lord reminded me yesterday that sometimes as we go through the process, because what we have asked him for is so big, then he has to build capacity in us, he has to make sure that we are ready to receive that which he has promised us, or the thing that we have been asking him for, because if we are not ready, we will be destroyed, or we will destroy the promise. Through those generations came the nation of Israel, and ultimately through Abraham's lineage came Jesus Christ. So the promise was even bigger than Abraham realized. Oh my God, your promise is bigger than you even realize. Sometimes God speaks promises over our lives that takes time to unfold, and during that time it can really and truly feel like nothing is happening. But I want you to know that something is always happening. God is always working, so He is shaping, He is preparing, and the delay does not mean that the promise has been cancelled, the process is part of the promise. Hallelujah. And I really hope that I'm encouraging somebody today because that is really my heart posture this morning to encourage you. That the promise, though it may be delayed, it still stands. Hallelujah. So this morning, for the person who is in their waiting season, because waiting can be one of the hardest places to live. That yes, you wrote the vision down, you felt the vision, you wrote the vision down, you believed the promise, you trusted what God shows you, and yes, time may have passed. And sometimes when time passes, questions begin to arise. You may be asking, Did I understand God? Did I miss something? Why is this taking so long? If that's where you are today, I want you to hear this today that God has not forgotten what he spoke over your life. Your promise has not expired, your destiny has not been cancelled, your story is still unfolding. God works in seasons we cannot always see. And sometimes when we are waiting, it can feel like nothing has happened. But in the scripture, we see again and again that God is always working behind the scenes. When Joseph was in prison, it looked like the dream had died. When David was hiding in caves, it looked like the throne was far away. When Abraham and Sarah were still childless, it looked like the promise might never happen. But God was still working, even when they couldn't see it, and the same is true for you. Just because you cannot see movement does not mean God is not working. Just because the promise has not appeared yet, does not mean it will not appear. Well, you might be having morning sickness and all, which is part of the process, not the best part of the process, but in nine months or so, when you meet that beautiful baby boy or baby girl, you see that all along God was putting all of the pieces together. Waiting does not mean wasting. Many people, you know, we see waiting as lost time, just as much as we see rest as weakness or as failure. But in God's kingdom, waiting is never wasted. Waiting is where faith is strengthened, it's where character is formed. Waiting is where God prepares your heart for what He prepared for your life. And sometimes, if the promise came immediately, the truth is we could not yet be ready to carry it. So God has to develop us. He uses the waiting seasons to develop what the promise requires. You know, build patience in us, to build resilience in us, to build wisdom in us. He is shaping us into the person who can sustain what he's about to release. And another problem sometimes is our timeline versus God's timeline. Let me tell you something: your timeline is not God's timeline. One of the most challenging parts of faith is surrendering our timeline. Because we often expect God to move according to our schedule. But God moves according to his wisdom. And Isaiah 55 reminds us that God's ways and thoughts are higher than ours. That simply means that God sees what we cannot see. He knows the exact moment when the promise will unfold. Not early, not late, but perfectly time. And God finishes what he starts. One of the most encouraging scriptures in the Bible is Philippians 1, verse 6. It says, He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God does not start things, he intends to abandon. If he planted a vision in your heart, he intends to complete the work. If he spoke purpose over your life, he intends to fulfill it. If he began healing in your heart, he intends to finish it. Your responsibility, my responsibility, is not to force the promise. And we even see this in the story of Abraham where Ishmael was born because they tried to force the promise. But our responsibility is to trust the process. So if you're listening today and you feel discouraged, I want you to know that you are not behind, you are not forgotten, you're not overlooked by God. The very fact that you are still here means God is not finished with you yet. Your story is still being written, your promise is alive, and the same God who fulfilled his promise to Abraham is faithful today. So don't lose hope, don't lose faith, and don't stop believing because the promise God placed over your life. Hallelujah. It still stands, my God. I really hope that you are encouraged today. I I am encouraged. Developing, sorry, in me during the waiting. Can I trust God even when the timeline is unclear? Let me remind you one more time that God does not forget what he speaks. The same God who fulfilled so many promises in your life. So why would he go back on his word to you today? The same God back then is the same God right now, right here with you in the middle or at the beginning or three-quarter way. And he will fulfill every promise to you. Uh, I'm this song is popping up in my spirit. God is able to do just what he said he will do, he's going to fulfill every promise to you. Don't give up on God because He won't give up on you. He's able. Hallelujah. Thank you, God. Thank you for being a promise-keeping God. Thank you for the example of Abraham, who trusted you even when the promise took time. That He helped us to trust you in the waiting. Strengthen our faith and remind us that what you have spoken over our lives will come to pass in your perfect time. In Jesus' name. Amen. The promise may take time, but God is faithful, and what He has spoken over your life still stands. God gave Abraham a promise, but the promise didn't happen overnight. There were waiting seasons, there was stretching, there was process, but the promise still came to pass. So if you're waiting, if you're in your waiting season, this message is for you. The promise still stands. Thank you for tuning in to the Beautiful Me Empowerment Podcast. Again, I'm your host, Monique. Just remember that I love you, but God loves you even more. If this podcast blessed you, share it with somebody who is also in their waiting season. I do believe we're always in waiting seasons. So share, like, and comment. God bless you and have an amazing day in the Lord.