An Emoji Devotions for Tue, 22nd of June, 2021
Topic: Problem Never Ends
But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac. Genesis 21:9 NLT
When this topic came on 21st of June, I could not write on it. Then I heard that if I can not write on this topic, I might have been compromised. My calling is to deliver message to the people of God and not deliberate on which is okay or not. In my mind I was thinking, how the topic could have been an encouragement to people. but Is it not true that problem never ends?
Everyone including the richest and powerful people in the world have problems. One thing we should all know that God is the only one that can help us to solve our problems. It's not going to be like an Abracadabra! it's going to be by our obedience to His authority over lives.
Ismael was making fun of Isaac. He was so comfortable in his father's house making fun of Mistress son. He forgot he was a slave's son even though he was treated like a Prince. How many of in one time did forgot our humble beginning and made fun of the less privileged? Sorry to Ismael that was where his problem began. Who knows the kind of orientation he received from his mother. Our upbringing could create problems for us if we are not well trained. Ismael and his mother were sent off and because of what happened he became a generational problem.
To Sarah, her own problem was created when she told her husband to marry her slave to raise a child for him. Don't blame her, She wanted to solve the problem of child birth by her own idea but later regretted her actions. When Hagar her servant knew that she was pregnant for Abraham she no longer respect Sarai Genesis 16:4. Congratulations to Sarah as she became a mother of Isaac at old age. Ismael was making fun of Isaac. Problem Never ends.
If you really really want to solve a problem, Obedience to God is the only solution.
You sin if you refuse to obey the Lord . This sin is as bad as to do evil magic . You think that you know better than God. That is a sin which is like the worship of idols... . 1 Samuel 15:23...
Today, I am telling you this! You must obey the Lord your God. Be careful to obey all his rules. If you do that, he will make you very important. He will make you more important than any other nation of people in the world.
Deuteronomy 28:1
Read your Bible and you will find the commands of God written in them. Our brain can only guess but the Bible is established.
Prayer: O Lord help me to tune my spirit into your voice to follow your commands. Help me Lord with your strength to solve my problems in Jesus name. Amen.