Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. I'm Tom Felton and I titled

Our Reading, Worth the Weight. Talk about a layover. Phil Stringer waited 18 hours to board a flight

that was delayed due to thunderstorms.

His patience and perseverance paid off, however.

Not only did he get to fly to his destination and make it on time for important business meetings,

but he was also the only traveler on the flight.

All the other passengers gave up or made other arrangements.

Flight attendants gave him whatever food items he desired, and Stringer adds,

I did sit in the front row, of course. Why not when you have the whole plane to yourself?

The outcome was definitely worth the wait.

Abraham also endured what must have felt like a lengthy delay.

Way back when he was known as Abram,

God told him that he would make him into a great nation

and that all peoples on earth would be blessed through him.

Only one problem for the 75-year-old man. How could he become a great

nation without an heir? And though his waiting was left wanting at times, he and wife Sarai

tried to help God fulfill his promise with some misguided ideas. When he was a hundred years old,

Isaac was born to him. His faith was later

celebrated by the writer of Hebrews. Waiting can be hard, and like Abraham, we might not do it perfectly,

but as we pray and rest in God's plans, may he help us persevere in Him.

It's always worth the wait.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from Genesis chapter 12, verses 1 through 5.

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