Because of You

 

Because of You

Genesis 21: ⁸ So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.

 

⁹ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing. ¹⁰ Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.” ¹¹ And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

 

¹² But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called. ¹³ Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”

 

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After the miracle of birth, Sarah was elated, but reminded that her plan of Abraham having a child through Hagar was a mistake. She wanted Hagar and her son thrown out to keep them from getting an inheritance. This was very disturbing to Abraham. GOD had to intervene.

 

My Observations:

• GOD had a plan for Isaac and a plan for Ismael.
• GOD had to talk to Abraham to let him know that Ishmael was still part of HIS plan.
• GOD let Abraham know that “because of your seed” Ishmael would become a great nation.

 

Through the bickering, and dysfunction, GOD had a plan for this family. Because of Abraham’s walk with the LORD, many nations would be born. GOD kept HIS promise with Abraham simply because of HIS relationship with him.

 

It seemed like mistakes were made. Sarah convinced Abraham to have a child with Hagar, then turned around and had them thrown out. You would think GOD would be angry. BUT GOD took the difficult situation as a factor in HIS complex plan that no human can understand. HE then mentioned that through Isaac, JESUS would be born as a human, even though HE existed as GOD.

 

Challenge

• Why does GOD tell Moses about Sarah’s feelings towards Ishmael?
• Have you ever thought you made a mistake with GOD?
• Do you know that the mistake you thought you made is being used for good through GOD?