What did I read? Genesis 15 – 16
What scriptures did God use to speak to me today? 15:4 a son from your own body will be your heir. 16:2 Sarai said to Abram The Lord has kept me from bearing children. Go sleep with my maid servant; perhaps I can build a family through her. 16:4 He slept with her and she conceived.
What scriptures did God use to speak to me today? 15:4 a son from your own body will be your heir. 16:2 Sarai said to Abram The Lord has kept me from bearing children. Go sleep with my maid servant; perhaps I can build a family through her. 16:4 He slept with her and she conceived.
What did I observe from my reading? Why is it so much easier to give birth to sin than it is to faith?
What is the application of this in my life? All people including me were created with a propensity to sin so no wonder it comes easier than faith. Faith is not in my hands. It is in God’s hands. Faith takes patience. The results and the process are totally out of my hands. I must wait and trust. The only things I have control over during the process are my character, my attitude, and how much trust I have in God to take care of that which I cannot. Abram and Sarai got impatient and it led to an even greater sin of adultery. It seems that impatience may be the greatest deterrent to faith and godly results. It is not only hard, but impossible to have patience in my own strength. I must learn to lean on God’s grace and then trust that he always knows what he is doing. I just need to let him do it.
Connecting with God: Father God, my SOAK today proves to me than everything about faith goes against my basic sin nature. I must choose to do the right thing and trust you in faith no matter what the circumstances look like. I totally understand why Abram and Sarai got impatient waiting so long for the promised child, but I don’t want my life story to read like theirs. Help me! I can’t do it without your power and ability. Thank you Lord. I’m grabbing hold of grace right now and I’m not going to let go. Amen.
What is the application of this in my life? All people including me were created with a propensity to sin so no wonder it comes easier than faith. Faith is not in my hands. It is in God’s hands. Faith takes patience. The results and the process are totally out of my hands. I must wait and trust. The only things I have control over during the process are my character, my attitude, and how much trust I have in God to take care of that which I cannot. Abram and Sarai got impatient and it led to an even greater sin of adultery. It seems that impatience may be the greatest deterrent to faith and godly results. It is not only hard, but impossible to have patience in my own strength. I must learn to lean on God’s grace and then trust that he always knows what he is doing. I just need to let him do it.
Connecting with God: Father God, my SOAK today proves to me than everything about faith goes against my basic sin nature. I must choose to do the right thing and trust you in faith no matter what the circumstances look like. I totally understand why Abram and Sarai got impatient waiting so long for the promised child, but I don’t want my life story to read like theirs. Help me! I can’t do it without your power and ability. Thank you Lord. I’m grabbing hold of grace right now and I’m not going to let go. Amen.
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