on the foolishness of man...

1. Sorry for the hiatus... technology can be so fickle.
2. Getting back on track... this week we're talking about Hagar & Ishmael.

If you haven't read it, check out Genesis 16. Click here to read it on Bible Gateway.

When it comes right down to it, Ishmael's story is a testament to how terrible we are at this game (the following God and obeying what He says game). God promises Abram descendants. So many, in fact, that they will outnumber the stars in the sky and the sand on the shore. He created the universe... so why couldn't He make a nation out of an old man and his barren wife? But rather than waiting and allowing God to fulfill His promise in His own time and His own way, they get impatient. They begin to doubt Him. Hello!! Did they miss the part where He created the universe?!?

So often we take action when God just wants us to be still and wait on Him. We rush into things, plowing through our own way, when God had it all planned out. He's hard at work, delicately chiseling bit by bit to make a way for us and we come running up with our sledge hammer, bash it all in and busting our way through. Like a bull in a China shop.

Makes me wonder what all we miss out on by forcing things before their time.

Be still & wait.
Xx