Sarah was so very impatient with the Lord, even though she and Abraham were promised numberless children, she was going to take matters into her own hands and make it happen, so she gave her slave to her husband to have children, as if God needed her to figure out a way, granted sometimes it seems like He does, maybe not need, but wants us to figure things out as part of our growth. I am thinking about the story from last week about the tiwer of Bable, and when the Jaredites were commanded to cross the sea in those crazy submarine-like boats, they needed light, but God instead of just solving that problem, asked "what do you want me to do?" Jared and his brother presented a solution and crossed the waters as asked with help.
OK, back to Sarah. God did not say, "Oh, you're right Sarah, that is a terrible problem. What should be done?" She just understood the trouble in her mortal way and took it upon herself to solve it and make God's promise possible. But, she ended up very jealous and sent the slave and child away and ended up having her own child...so I ding, "have patience, have patience..."and think of how I always try to solve issues that do not seem to be working out the way intended. Perhaps, I do not understand what is actually going on. Like an advertisement where a car pulls out from behind slow traffic, and it is commented that from the perspective of the camera it was just bad driving, but from the driver's perspective it was just not patient. The ad was for a device that increases the driver's perception so they will not make bad choices like that. Similarly, I need a device that grants me eternal perspective so I can accept things and just be patient knowing that God keeps his promises, and is working on a different time frame.
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