The Lord Be With You Today!
Genesis 16:3
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years,
(Abram was now 85 years old,
and Sarai was far beyond her child-bearing years.
One of the reasons God would have waited so long
to fulfill His promise to this chosen and beloved couple
was to show them that this offspring He had promised
would be His doing and not attributable to natural events
and to prepare them for being parents to this child of promise.
When we are awaiting the Lord's intervention,
this lesson reminds us that the Lord's purposes
are beyond what we can figure out on our own,
that we can trust Him to carry out
those purposes in our lives in His right timing,
and that often the wait time is preparation time
for what the Lord has in store for us.
Remaining faithful and devoted to what the Lord has promised
requires our strong perseverance and determination.)
Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar
and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
(Abram and Sarai put their trust in their flesh rather than their faith,
focusing more on the "what" of the promise
rather than on the "who" of the promise.
The delay in the promise was to prepare them
for the new beginning in their lives and for the promise.
Just as we need to be reminded,
they needed to keep their perspective during the process
that prepared them for the promise
and not take matters into their own hands.
The promises to us today are from the Lord
and He does not require our so-called "help" and meddling,
which, in fact, often causes more problems than solutions.
We need to rely on the Word of the Lord
and to trust the Lord to do what He says He will do
in His timing and in His way.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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