Abraham amazes me! It's no wonder God chose this guy to begin His covenant with. I just finished reading Genesis 12 where God tells Abram to leave his homeland and travel to a strange place yet to be identified. When they get to Canaan, God says, "To your descendants I will give this land." (Not you, Abram, but your kids/grandkids will inherit this place.) Abram builds an altar and worships God...and then he moves on. (Gen 12:7-9) Amazing! God shows him some awesome real estate, and then sends him somewhere else. "This will be yours...but not now." How do you let go of that kind of thing so easily? And then I think of the story of Abraham and Isaac on the mountainside--a story I'll read later this week--and I see God doing this kind of thing again in Abraham's life. Here's the son you've waited 100 years for...now give him up. Abraham amazes me!
But then I think of the times God has done the same thing in my life. "I promise you this, Karin...but not now." Like Abraham, most of mine seem to involve my family as well. The seven year old in me wants to scream, "No take-backs!" I mean, if God promises us something, shouldn't we get to receive it--to enjoy it even?! But God always knows best. There's never been a time when I've looked over my shoulder at my past and said, "No God, it would've been better if you'd done it my way." It's funny, because I complain about not knowing enough of God's plan in advance, but when He does give me a sneak-peek into the future, I get upset that the future is taking too long to arrive. (There's just no pleasing me! :)
How about you? Has God ever made you a promise only to make you wait for it? Has He given you something and then taken it away for awhile? What have you learned from those experiences?
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