He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root, Israel shall blossom and fill the face of the world with fruit.’
DAILY READING –Luke 18:1-17; Genesis 29:31-30:43; Psalm 23
A prophecy is pre-written history. God who knows the future, has already foreordained everything. God is not looking down the tunnel of time to see the future, He already knows it because He has foreordained it. His prophecies for the future are recorded for us in the Scriptures. The Bible is said to be 27% prophetic. There are about 1,817 prophecies of some nature in the Bible, and many of them have been coming into fulfillment at their appointed time.
Isaiah 45 verse 1 records the name of Cyrus king of Persia. The Bible already spoke of him, 100 years before Cyrus assumed the throne. Imagine being able to predict who will be the President of your country 100 years from today? It’s impossible. Yet, the Bible mentioned the name of Cyrus, even before he was born.
The Bible easily gives such prophecies of rulers, kingdoms, and individuals, long before they come onto the scene. The Bible gives predictions regarding the fall of empires; such as the destruction of Tyre, the length of Judah’s captivity etc.
In Isaiah 27; 6 God prophesied about a future restoration of Israel saying ‘ He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root, Israel shall blossom and fill the face of the world with fruit.’
This prophesy was made by Isaiah about 2700 years before it came to pass. And after Isaiah made that prophesy there was nothing in Israel’s history at the time that would suggest that such a prophesy would ever come to pass. In fact everything suggested otherwise. In AD 70 Jerusalem and the temple was destroyed and the Jews were carried into exile. And for almost 2000 years afterwards the Jews were scattered all over the world among the nations. During that period, nothing like the tribe of Israel existed anymore. Their land was taken over by the Arabs and the name of the region was changed to Palestine.
For about 2000 years Israel was in exile, scattered to different parts of the world. But after so many years in exile God began to re-gather His people again. And in 1948, to the amazement of the world, the modern nation of Israel came into existence. Despite all the odds against it, the nation of Israel has survived till date. And The Word God spoke through prophet Isaiah is finding fulfillment. Israel is indeed blossoming, being one of the leading nations in technology and innovation today. And practically also Israel is indeed filling the face of the world with fruits as one of the highest producers and exporters of fruits and flowers in the whole world today. 2700 years after Isaiah made that prophesy, it is coming to pass in modern times. Indeed what God says He will do, He will surely do; God is not man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said it, He will surely make it good.
This should be an encouragement to you, that the promises of God concerning you will surely find fulfillment. Many times we are the ones that move before God’s Word arrives for fulfillment. Out of impatience we decide to ‘help’ God by following the ways of men. Sometimes, too impatient to keep waiting for the long promise of Isaac, we decide to birth an instant Ishmael.
It is important that we wait for God’s Word to be fulfilled. God may not be early, yet He is never late, He is always on time. His timing is always perfect because He is working with a divine blueprint that will cause everything to work together for our good.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to wait for Your promise, enable me to rest in You, until Your word is fulfilled in my life in Jesus Name.
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God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials. WORDBITE 222