Endure to Receive the Promise
What is the purpose of endurance? You endure to receive the promise that God has made to you.
Abraham went through many trials and tribulations. When God told him his descendants would be as the stars of the sky and the sand of the sea, there were no heirs to fulfill the promise. Abraham had no idea how the promise would be fulfilled but he was confident that somehow God would perform what He had promised.
God told Abraham and Sarah that they would have a child. They were perplexed and puzzled. Abraham and Sarah had long passed their prime—physically and naturally there was no way for Sarah to have a child.
But Abraham and Sarah endured until one day, Isaac, the son of promise, was born. He was their tangible proof that God could be trusted, that His Word was true. Today Abraham’s seed is as the stars of the heavens and the sand of the sea! Abraham reigns today because he trusted that God’s promise to him was true. Hebrews 6:15 “…after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.”