It hit me that Ishmael was going to be blessed and be made into a great nation and have many offspring, but the rest of that prophecy to Hagar wasn’t very promising. I think God wants to be straight with me about bad outcomes or hard things and my western mindset of “sola benedict” “only blessing, doesn’t like to accept it. Whatever my lot is from the Lord, hard work, tough times, trials of all sorts including sickness and death of loved ones, I must remain confident that nothing can stop me from my destiny except myself.
Abraham laughed at God. It didn’t seem to insult God though. That gives me such comfort. Although Abram was a man of faith and believed God, he tried to escape trouble by passing off Sarai as his sister. Deception to get to the promise that God gave him – hmm… Then he had relations with Hagar to fulfill the promise. Looks like a lot of confidence in the flesh. Then he laughed at God when God told him it was with Sarai that he would conceive Isaac. God is so patient, so forgiving, so loving and so forebearing with me! If my heart remains toward Him, I think He will forgive and wait for me to come around. He will fulfill His promise to me. I love my Daddy.
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Thanks for the reminder of who God is and that I can remain confident in Him no matter the circumstances of my life. He will fulfill His promise to me as my heart remains toward Him.
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