Good Morning!! You know, things
never seemed to go right for God's people when they go into
Egypt,...and Abraham was no exception. Things didn't go well for him in
Egypt either. But he couldn't blame it on the cruelty of an enslaving
Pharaoh. Abraham's problem was self-inflicted. And unfortunately, his
Egyptian sojourn shows that Abraham did not always exercise his faith in
God. He tried to solve this problem on his own. Afraid that he would be
killed, he told his wife Sarah to lie and say that she was his sister.
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.—Genesis 12:10 (NIV)
But the plan
backfired, and Sarah was rescued only by God's intervention. Things
eventually turned out O.K., but only by the grace of God. It's ironic,
that the "Father of the faithful" here shows his lack of faith.
I love that the Bible never idealizes its heroes. They are shown
as human,...and like us, every one of them stumbled at some times.
When your faith falters, the key is to get back up and follow the Lord again.
Heavenly Father, we thank you, for being faithful,...especially when we are not.
"If you follow in the footsteps of Jesus, it will be anything but boring,
...you simply can't be in the will of God, and be bored at the same time."
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