Genesis 17:18 (ESV) — And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live
before you!”
NOTE: The question
of an heir has dominated most of Abraham's and Sarah's life. God comes again to
Abraham and tells him again that he will soon have an heir. At this point, we
are about a year away, but Abraham does not know that. Instead, Abraham suggests
Ishmael as the promise. Ishmael was the result of Abraham and Sarah taking
things into their own hands. That decision caused great pain and would continue
to cause pain to Hagar, Ishmael, Sarah, and Abraham. Usually when we take
things into our own hands, it's result is pain. Abraham was 99 years old and set in his
ways. He wasn't very excited about change. He was probably scared. But he still
needed to trust God even in change.
PRAYER: God, it is
hard when everything is changing. It is stressful. We want to run back to the
comfortable life that we are familiar. Give us grace to accept change, even to
welcome change, and to appreciate the new chapter you are writing in our life.
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