TOPIC: MAN DOES LESS BUT GOD DOES MORE THAN OUR EXPECTATION
Memory verse:-"But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was
mocking, and she said to Abraham, "Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that
slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”
The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. But God said to
him, "Do not be so distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to whatever
Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. I will
make the son of the maidservant into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to
Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on
her way and wandered in the desert of Beersheba
When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Then
she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot
watch the boy die.” And as she sat there nearby, she began to sob. God heard the boy
crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the
matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the
boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.” Then God
opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water
and gave the boy a drink. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert
and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran , his mother got a wife
for him from Egypt
What God can do man and money can never do it. Sara, in her desperate desire for a child, made Abraham impregnated her maidservant Hagar and that resulted into trouble between Sara and Hagar. This trouble she put herself in was too much for her to bear and that is a lesson for us all that in our desperation we need to be very careful about what we ask for. When the time came for Abraham to sent Hagar away he could only give her some food and a skin of water. But God gave her comfort, revelation of her and the baby’s future, and a well of water. God does more than what we ask for because he is so merciful. If you have not receive what you have asked for just wait for it in its time your will have.
Prayer:-pray for your heart desire and believe that God is giving it to you
pray for total dependence on God
What to meditate on:
Do you really believe God is a giver, and how do you know?
