Ryan Daffron

“The LORD visited Sarah as he had said…” — Genesis 21:1

SOUNDING

This verse carries decades inside it. Years of waiting. Years of unanswered questions. Years where the promise felt more like a memory than a future. God had spoken, but time kept passing. Bodies aged. Hope grew quieter. Sarah learned how to live with the ache of an unfulfilled word.

And then Scripture says it simply: The LORD visited Sarah as He had said. No spectacle. No explanation. Just faithfulness. Isaac is not just a baby in this story. He is a living reminder that God’s word survives time, doubt, and human limitation. His very existence says that God does not speak carelessly. What He promises, He carries. What He carries, He brings to life.

Isaac’s name means laughter, and that matters. The laughter that once came from disbelief is now turned into joy. The same mouth that laughed in doubt now laughs in fulfillment. Waiting did not cancel the promise. It formed the people who would receive it. Some promises take longer because God is shaping hearts strong enough to hold what is coming. Faith is not proven in quick answers. It is proven in staying when nothing seems to be moving.

BEARING

God’s promises are realized in real time. What He has spoken will not remain abstract. It will arrive.

PRAYER

Lord, help me trust You in the long, quiet stretches. Strengthen my hope when time makes it feel thin.

DROP IN

Write one promise you are still waiting on. Date it today and place it somewhere you will see it again.