RPG Juniors
OCTOBER 18, Genesis 16:1-2
God had promised that Abram and his wife would have a son. However, both of them were already very old.They became impatient.They took things into their own hands. Surely, you understand what impatience is, don’t you, reader? When something does not progress as fast as you like, you become impatient and want to interfere. You simply cannot wait. Write down your experience when you were last impatient:
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Abram and Sarai were older than many grandparents today. They were waiting for a son that God had promised. They waited and waited…. Sarai gave up hoping for a baby, and she told Abram that she could never have a baby anymore. After all, she was past normal child-bearing age. She had used human logic to try to understand a promise God made and was unbelieving and impatient. Her faith was weak, so she decided to take matters into her own hands. She would do things her own way, not God’s way. This is wrong. She had a maid, Hagar, who was younger than her and Sarai made Hagar marry Abram so that perhaps God would give them a baby, and this baby would be the promised child. Both Sarai and Abram thought maybe they can help God! Sarai did not trust; she forgot that God is the God of wonder.
The faith of Abram and Sarai was weak. They could not understand what they could not see, and only wanted to believe the things they could see. They forgot what faith is. Dear child, what is faith? Hebrews 11:1 teaches… “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Thought: May I have strong faith.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, there are many things that may happen to me that I do not understand. Please help me to keep trusting You and have faith in You. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.