Promise before Proof

Genesis 18:18 has really landed with me today.

I love that God doesn’t wait for evidence before He speaks identity. Abram becomes Abraham before there is a single sign of fulfilment or a shred of evidence! Exalted father becomes father of many nations on the basis of God's promise, not Abrams performance.

That does something in me. God names His destiny and then lets my reality catch up.

And Sarai, wow. From “my princess”, something small, private, almost owned, to “princess”. A subtle shift in wording, but a massive shift in scope. No longer confined to one household, she carries influence that stretches to nations. Identity expands before circumstances ever change. In that culture, and in some church cultures too, this is huge!

I also love that God isn’t threatened by Sarah’s internal wrestle about age and impossibility. He simply reiterates the promise and asks the killer question in verse 13, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”.

It reminds me to look at the promises of God over mylife not searching for evidence that validates the promise, but with faith that speaks the promise into being!