And The LORD said,  “I AM not denying you daughter, of anything I have declared on your behalf.  I AM lengthening your cord to see how longsuffering you can be.

You are not parading as a fool saying — “The LORD says, and nothing is happening”.

I have you in a certain place for My Glory.  I will let you know the end of a thing.

Then I will come — lest you look at the end of a thing too long.

The longer you look at the end — the longer it takes to start a “New Beginning”.”

“Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.  Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.  For thy Maker is thine husband; The LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.  For The LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.  For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.”   Isaiah 54:2-7.

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.  And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”   Galatians 5:19-24.

My Thoughts

Have you ever shared personal promises from The LORD with people?

At first, the promises are exciting, robust, and full of hope.  After a few years that same story is told with less enthusiasm.

Nothing seems to happen for a while.  Every time you share the story, the sound of wind is heard like air escaping from a balloon.  The promises seems far off and distant.

In the beginning, your story was told as if you expected those promises to happen the next day.

Then you began to say, “LORD, I don’t want to seem like the boy who cried “The wolf is coming””, or “LORD did I hear you wrong?”  This means we put confidence in the flesh.

Doubt and unbelief can certainly open the door to delays in God’s Promises.

Abraham did not waver in his faith, when The LORD said, “You will be the Father of many nations”.  (Genesis 17:4)

He could have said, “LORD, I don’t have any children how can this be?”

God stretched out His promise to Abraham over the years. He wanted to bless other people through Abraham. He is not limited to natural circumstances or elements of time.

We forget that The LORD does not use an Almanac or yearly calendar.  His ways are not our ways.

God wrote David’s name on a promise.  David did not live to see the extent of God’s promises but they still live on.

Keep excitement in your story when talking about God’s promises — especially when He writes your name on a promise.

God made promise and covenant relationships with Israel and King David.

I know He is no respecter of persons.

The LORD made me a promise and everyday I am expecting fulfillment.

“Behold, the days come, saith The LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.  In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.  In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.  For thus saith The LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.  And the word of The LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, thus saith The LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.  As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.  Moreover the word of The LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which The LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.  Thus saith The LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.”   Jeremiah 33:14-26.

“And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.  He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.  I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.  And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.  According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.”   2 Samuel 7:12-17.

“And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.  And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.  Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.  My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.  And the heathen shall know that I The LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.”   Ezekiel 37:24-28.

Peace Out,
The Blessing of The LORD Be upon You,
Blessings,
~ Mary Adger

Mary Adger is in ministry for The LORD and runs her own website “In it for Him”, for when God says “BE STILL” He is just trying to get us to that perfect place in His will.

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