Tuesday June 27
Bible Reading: Gen. 21: 9 - 21
Topic: Learn To Wait For God's Promise
Waiting for God to fulfill
His promise is one of the hardest tasks the Christian can face in life.
Abraham failed the test
when instead of waiting for God's promise that "Isaac shall your seed be
called" (v. 12), Abraham listened to Sarah and had Ishmael. But Ishmael
was not to be the covenant child. It was Isaac whom God had promised (v. 12;
21: 1,2)
The rebellion of
Hagar (Gen. 16: 5, 6) and her son
Ishmael (Gen. 21: 9) led Abraham and Sarah with God's approval to cast Ishmael
with his mother Hagar out of Abraham's household (v. 10)
A slave does not abide in
the house forever but the son does (John 8: 35)
The bond woman and her son
must be cast out. As painful and trying as it was for Abraham, the separation
of Ishmael from Isaac led ultimately to God's manifestation of His covenant
gift of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah/
The beautiful thing is
that God did not fail to bless Ishmael too, although he was not the covenant
child God promised Abraham (Gen. 17: 19 - 21)
Prayer
Help me O God to overcome
the anxiety that easily besets me and makes me run ahead of Your plans and
blessing for my life in Jesus Name, Amen.
Memory Verse Gen. 21: 10
"Wherefore she
(Sarah) said unto Abraham, cast out this bond woman and her son, for the son of
this bond woman shall not be heir with my son, even Isaac."
Source:
The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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