Expectancy - A Phase of Patience

This week I am still focusing on Genesis 12.  I believe that the patience cycle embodies a phase of expectancy. God built up and increased  Abram's expectancy with contant relevelation and divine spiritual guidance with the still small voice.  God started out with a simple word that Abram "would be made a great nation".  God continues to speak to Abram and promises that He was going to give land to Abram's seed.  The promises are intermittant with the tests and trials incurred when Abram decides to obey God.  As Abram's belief system increases, his expectancy that God was going to carry out His promises increased.