Currently, young people are waiting well into their thirties to get married. After the age of thirty, fertility rates go down. They may find themselves like Isaac and Rebekah, wondering if they will ever have kids. Isaac didn’t marry Rebekah until he was forty and they didn’t have their twins, Jacob and Esau, until he was sixty.

And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac and Rebekah were probably desperate as they prayed for children. God had promised Isaac’s father, Abraham, ancestors that were more numerous than the stars. Perhaps Isaac thought those ancestors would not come from him, but from his father’s concubines. In the end, Isaac prayed for twenty years before receiving the promise – and he remained faithful to keep trusting in the word of His God.

The Lord answers the persevering prayer. Do not tire of praying for your family, friends and nation. Just like Rebekah birthed Jacob and Esau, this nation will birth God’s blessings if believers pray and not give up.

Recommended Reading: Luke 18:1-8