14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
Today i just not Abraham's obedience and trust. He must certainly hear God clearly and knows the instruction he is getting is not his own thoughts but truly from God. How else could he just sent his own son off into the desert? He wouldn't even know if he would survive or if he did would he see him again. Yet he does it.
Gina and I have tried to be obedient but the I don't know if #1 my ears are open to hearing God's instruction and even if they are would I being willing to do something so counter intuitive to my heart as Abraham was willing to do?
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I agree. That one is more than tough. Abraham seems to go back and forth between being unbelievably faithful....to being completely faithless. I suppose its a reflection of the Israelite people in general. Moving toward and then away from God. The only consistency is inconsistency!
ReplyDeleteThe part of the story that caught my attention is that God seems to love Abraham so much, in spite of his flaws...that he vowed to make a "great nation" out of the result of Abraham not having enough faith. That's a crazy thought, isn't it?