"Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you."
Genesis 22:4-5
If we always have our eyes on the answer and consider only what God said, we'll overcome in the end, regardless of our situation.
A good example of this is Abraham.
God didn't say to Abraham that He would give him a son. God said He would make Abraham the father of many nations. (Genesis 17:4)
In Genesis 22, God told Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering to Him.
Abraham would have been in trouble if he'd been walking around saying,"I know i'm the father of many nations because I have a son."
If he had been thinking that way, he would have said to God, "Lord, I can't do that. Isaac has to live, or I can't be the father of many nations."
But Abraham was absolutely convinced God's promise had to come to pass.
He believed that if he sacrificed his son, God would have to raise him from the dead to fulfill that promise. (Hebrews 11:17-19).
So Abraham told the servants to wait while he and the lad go yonder and worship and that they would come back.
He was saying that they both were going and they both were coming back, and they did!
We can't take our eyes off the answer!
Off Jesus and the Word, for anything, good or bad.
Even when the body is feeling better, don't dwell on that. Keep the eyes fixed on God's promises.
Keep fully persuaded that what God has promised will come to pass!
