“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for
him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, ‘The Lord has
prevented me from having children. Go
and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can
have children through her.’ And Abram
agreed with Sarai’s proposal.” –Genesis 16:12
I’m sure we can all say the Lord has
promised us some things. However, if the
promise doesn’t come to pass as quickly as we think it should, we feel the need
to help the Lord out. ‘Ok, Lord, I know
you said you would do it, but . . .’
Stop messing in the Lord’s business, and get rid of the back-up
plan. If He said it, He will do it.
In Genesis Chapter 15, the Lord made
Abram a promise: “But Abram replied, ‘O
Sovereign Lord, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a
son? Since you’ve given me no children,
Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my
wealth. You have given me no descendents
of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.’ Then the Lord said to him, ‘No your servant will not be your heir, for you will have
a son of your own who will be your heir.’ Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to
him, ‘Look up into the sky and count the stars if you
can. That’s how many descendants you
will have!” Nowhere in this
promise did the Lord say, ‘if it doesn’t happen in a year or two, feel free to
help me out’. Just one chapter later,
his wife Sarai decides to implement the back-up plan. Abram knew what the Lord had promised, but he
willingly participated in the back-up plan.
Whenever we meddle in the Lord’s business, we alter His blessings for
us. The back-up plan caused dissension
in Abram’s household, forcing him to banish his first born child.
How do we know the Lord’s promises
will come to pass? Because His Word says
so. “God
is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good
and fulfill it?” (Numbers 23:19) So,
let go of the back-up plan, and let the Lord complete what He has promised.
Margaret Slaughter
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