A promise is a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 4:
13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect,
15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Our entire belief system as Christians is based on the fact that FATHER’S promises are fully reliable and trustworthy and as a result, we have exercised our faith based on HIS promises. You and I exercised a measure of faith when we received salvation, one of the promises of FATHER. We believed the reality of Jesus dying on the cross for our sins and that He was resurrected from the dead and sits at the right hand of FATHER today. Our faith resulted in a manifested change in our lives.
17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”
19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
When Our Heavenly Father spoke to Abraham, HE called those things which did not exist as though they did. Did FATHER lie? No, HE made a promise or oath to fulfill HIS Word given in the Spiritual realm to be manifested in the physical realm. HE is able and willing to perform each and every promise spoken to us in HIS Word. Unlike man who makes empty promises and has no power to bring them forth, FATHER is not a liar. Notice that Abraham did not waver at the promise through unbelief. Our unbelief in FATHER’S Love and willingness to perform on our behalf is a fundamental reason why we do not receive answers to our prayers. Our minds want to see to believe rather than exercise faith in HIS Word.
Abraham was strengthened in faith as he gave glory to GOD and he was not moved by his body or the deadness of Sarah’s womb. Why? He truly believed FATHER WHO called those things (their bodies) which did not exist with the ability to reproduce, as though they did. FATHER is THE CREATOR and will change the physical to match the Spiritual. The physical is temporary and does not have preeminence over the Spiritual thus when FATHER gives us a promise, HE is able to exceedingly perform HIS Word on our behalf.
Faith trusts HIS promises over what our senses can detect. Our five physical senses are designed to provide us with knowledge of the natural but faith operates in the supernatural and is not confined to the current temporary situation. Let us not allow our physical senses dictate our future through unbelief in FATHER’S Word. Let each of us be strengthened in faith and give glory to FATHER for those promises HE has provided out of HIS Love for us.