The lesson I taught today was on Abram and Sarai, how they didn't depend on God and weren't patient with the plans the He had for them (Gen 16). They took matters into their own hands and decided not to wait on Gods timing. Sarai's idea for Abram to take Hagar as his wife and conceive a child with her made sense in order to fulfill Gods promise (Gen 15). But it's not what God's plan was. Abram and Hagar's son, Ishmael, would not recieve the special blessing that God promised Abram's decendents. A consequence for Abram not trusting in God's sovereign plan.
That's where I'm at. I'm looking back on these last few months and realizing that I wasn't waiting on Gods plan for my life, I did things my way and now I'm suffering the consequences of it. And let me tell you, it's not easy.
But the good thing is, that's not the end of the story, for Abram or me.
We see in Gen 17 and then in 18 also that God promises to give a child to Abraham and Sarah (yes God did change their names) a son. They were disobedient, deceitful, and they were old in age, but God still blessed them. Despite all the wrong they had done, God still used them.
Same thing for me.
I've disobeyed God, I've been inpatient, I've lied, been deceitful, but God still wants to use me. Why? I don't know if I'll even understand. But I'm trusting that God's ways and higher, bigger and better than anything I could imagine.
Psalm 46:10- Cease striving, and know that I am God.
Sister in Christ,
Carrie
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