What has God promised you?  Know, without a doubt, that He will fulfill it.

You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father;
You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
1 Kings 8:24

The waiting is painful at times. 

Noah – years building an enormous ark for an event he couldn’t imagine

David - years of hiding in caves from Saul after he’d been anointed as King of Israel

Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Hannah, Elizabeth – years of waiting for a child

Daniel – a night of long minutes breathing the exhaled breath of lions

Rahab – weeks gathered with her family for the Hebrew army to arrive and honor their scarlet cord vow

Job – months desperate for healing from the anguish of his broken body and heart

Rather than rescue us out of painful experiences, it is the character of God to go through the trial with us. 

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. 
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
nor shall the flame scorch you.
Isaiah 43:2

Fulfillment is coming, Waiting Ones. 

Heaven and earth will pass away,
but My words will by no means pass away.
Matthew 24:35

Three years ago, the Lord told me I would be married.  How did He tell me?  He directed me to Isaiah 62.  My spirit leapt and my heart flipped at these words of promise.

You shall no longer be termed Forsaken,
Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate,
But you shall be called Hephzibah (My delight is in her), and your land Beulah (married);
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
Isaiah 62:4

In the very moment, I was experiencing a heart-shattering divorce and the Lord was saying to me that I would be married. 

I was confused.  Would He heal my current marriage that was dissolving? 
No.  It was not to be.

I couldn’t imagine a relationship where I wouldn’t have to fear my husband’s manipulations, harsh words, ever-increasing expectations, demands and infidelity. 

It would be a blessed relationship where I, myself, would be a delight to him.  He would love me.  I could be at rest and enjoy life.  He would be a place of safety for my heart.

And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.
Isaiah 62:12

To be honest, I couldn’t imagine such a life as this.  It seemed like an out-of-reach fantasy.

Next to the verse, I wrote the date I received the promise. 

Throughout the years, when my heart would crush with grief, loneliness, and isolation the Holy Spirit would say, ‘Go Read Isaiah 62’. 

Again, I received the promise. 
Again, I would write the current date in the margin. 

This week on February 22, He fulfilled His promises to me.

Meet my husband Jeremy who loves Jesus with every fiber of his being.  Jeremy loves me just like an Isaiah 62 husband would.

In Genesis 15, we see Abraham went to sleep during the making of a covenant.  The Lord will make the promise and He will fulfill it in its time.  Waiting Ones, we need to carry our God-delivered promises like currency, all while keeping our eyes on Him.

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

If you don’t currently have some personal promises from the Father that you hold dear, I encourage you to pound on Heaven until you get some.  Use Jesus’ parable of the persistent widow as your calling card.  (Luke 18:1-8).