Bible Study Inspiration - Romans 4

"(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.  And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;" Romans 4:17-20

Have you ever thought about Abraham and Sarah? Have you thought about the biology of a woman and how after a certain time in their life they are not able to conceive (at least without some medical intervention). Not only the idea of a 90 year old woman conceiving but being strong enough in body to be able to carry the baby to term, go through the painful process of delivering the child and then raising that child. It was an incredibly beautiful thing to have the faith that your beloved wife of many, many years would, even long after menopause, conceive and bring forth a child. When Abraham was busy having faith, he didn't think or worry about the fact that Sarah was long past child-bearing years. His faith didn't waver nor was it shaken by unbelief. God promised and he simply believed.

It is an awesome thing to believe without wavering that something we KNOW to be a physical impossibility will be fulfilled just as God promised. But that is the kind of faith that we need to fulfill the mission and calling that He has placed on our lives. Convenient or easy faith will not bring us the revival or the harvest that we long to see within our cities or communities. If God has given you a vision of reaching your city, even if crime escalates and sin seems to abound, do not stagger at that vision. Do not allow your faith to be shaken by focusing on the sinner but be fully persuaded that God will perform that which he promised. "And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform." Romans 4:21 " God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repend: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? If God said it you can stand on that promise and be not staggered by unbelief.