ON “WATERED-DOWN PROMISES”
Why do you think that you can watered-down God’s promises for you and still claim you expect fullness? Listen, what brings fullness remains in the concept of the original promises you got. In Genesis 15, God told Abraham that He would give him and Sarah, a son. The problem was that they were already too old to have children naturally. Years went by, and finally, Sarah told Abraham to sleep with her maid. So Sarai said to Abram, “The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal (Genesis 16:2, NLT). She watered down the promise and brought it down to the level she thought was possible, and Abraham went along with it. Instead of firing their faith, believing in the unusual, they settled for what they thought was normal and good enough for them. But the baby Ishmael was not the promised child, and trying to help God out caused many problems. When you water down the promises of God for your life, you attack your present to the generations after you. You know what that means for Sarah, Abraham and their descendants! What could that mean for you and me! Stop experimenting with God’s promises; believe God; He will make the impossible happen for you. That’s it!!!