As I was reading Genesis this morning, I thought back to our discussion on Tuesday night about submitting to God's will. It's hard and it's even harder to be patient to wait and see God's will for us. For Abraham, who was even told what God's will was for him, he and Sarah tried to make God's will happen in their own way since they just couldn't wait. (Ch 16). Instead it backfired, Hagar bore the father of strife with Israel and treated Sarah with contempt. Sarah's response was harsh treatment of Hagar and still more disbelief 13 years later (Ch 18) when the Lord told them that within the year Isaac would be born.
I want to say how amazingly insane it seems that they were told God's plan and couldn't wait, but I can't. We want so badly to help God along that we make such huge blunders that backfire on us instead. God doesn't need our help. As he says in Gen. 18: 14a "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" I just hope the lessons sticks with me next time I try to "help" God out in my life!
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