Promise

Definition of Promise – Merriam-Webster Dictionary
1a:  a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified
b:  a legally binding declaration that gives the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act

When God gives a promise, He fulfills it. It may not happen when we expect but He is always on time. The promise of a Saviour was made long before Jesus was born and even after the children of Israel went into captivity, that bloodline was preserved.

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To see the promise of God fulfilled in our lives, we have to pray, yes God had promised to send the Saviour, yet He raised Simeon and Anna who prayed in the temple day and night until the fulfillment.

Luke 2:25 (NKJV) And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 

36 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; 37 and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38 And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Daniel prayed when he discovered that it was about time for the children of Israel to be liberated from captivity and the fulfillment began during the reign of Cyrus.

We can identify with some people around us whose word is bond and we believe them when they make promises to us. How much more our Heavenly Father. God wants us to trust Him to fulfill His promises in our lives. 

Have you received a promise from the Lord that seems impossible or doesn't look like it will ever come to pass? Hang in there! Do not lose hope, we see the life of Abraham, how God fulfilled the promise of a son to Him even when it appeared impossible.

2 Corinthians 1:20 (NKJV)
20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us

Seek out the promises of God for your life in the scriptures and pray them into manifestation. Don’t give up, do not lose faith. He fulfills His promises!