Worth the Wait
God made a covenant promise with Abraham, that He would bless him and make him the father of many nations. When Abraham and Sarah did not see this promise being fulfilled according to their perceived timeline, or fathom how God could possibly make this happen given their circumstances, they grew weary of waiting, and decided to act. “ Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. - Genesis 16:1-2 (Full story: Genesis 15-17, 21) This passage reminds me that when humans try to take a good thing into their own hands and do it their way instead of God’s way, we taint it and foul it up. We want it now; we want it our way. Our limited mind cannot comprehend how to get it any other way, so we twist and perve...