Often as women we try to control everything and end up regretting it. We tend to summarize our future by our current state and dismiss or fail to consult the LORD concerning our life.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
When we move out of desperation we partner with a person; place or thing that is not beneficial for all involved.
We become discontent in our current state and do not seek the LORD for guidance and comfort. This is often found when we reach a certain age and have acquired worldly accolades but no solid family foundation (husband and children) so we seek to duplicate what only the LORD can Bless us with.
Being barren in any area in life often means the LORD is still plowing or fertilizing it. He may be preparing our heart, renewing our mind or cultivating his Best son, His Best job or New Endeavor.
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Trusting the LORD is key, because we know he would not withhold any good thing from us if we are obedient.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
In the Bible a woman named Sarai wanted to take matters in her own hands regarding starting a family when her natural time to bear children seemed to past her by. But she did not consider the cost of such a proposal birthed out of desperation. Her mind was so fixed on her own understanding that she never consulted the LORD or her husband.
Genesis 16 NIV
1. Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2. so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3. So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
Her request turned to be her heartache.
4. He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5. Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”
What are we planning to execute that we have not consulted the Father about?
Who have we asked the LORD to judge in reference to what we have asked for but it did not weigh in our favor?
In the end we can walk in love or repay evil with evil.
6“Your servant is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
But the LORD is faithful in delivering those we (out of the need to control) entangle in our own agenda.
Our actions will always affect the other person’s emotions thus their way of thinking. One can be right and still be wrong.
Psalm 4:4 NIV
In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah
Sometimes the conversation and answer we have with the LORD is not catering to our emotions, but it reveals his perfect will for our life.
7.The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8. And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
9. Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10.The angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.”
11.The angel of the Lord also said to her: “You are now with child and you will have a son.
You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.
The plans that we execute for ourselves bring sorrow, but the plans of the LORD will bring Blessings and exceed our expectations.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
Genesis 17
15. God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
We have to Wait on the LORD Dear Sisters for whatever we desire to birth forth in our life.
It will happen in due season the right way if we faint not.
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Be Well in Jesus Name!
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
When we move out of desperation we partner with a person; place or thing that is not beneficial for all involved.
We become discontent in our current state and do not seek the LORD for guidance and comfort. This is often found when we reach a certain age and have acquired worldly accolades but no solid family foundation (husband and children) so we seek to duplicate what only the LORD can Bless us with.
Being barren in any area in life often means the LORD is still plowing or fertilizing it. He may be preparing our heart, renewing our mind or cultivating his Best son, His Best job or New Endeavor.
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Trusting the LORD is key, because we know he would not withhold any good thing from us if we are obedient.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
In the Bible a woman named Sarai wanted to take matters in her own hands regarding starting a family when her natural time to bear children seemed to past her by. But she did not consider the cost of such a proposal birthed out of desperation. Her mind was so fixed on her own understanding that she never consulted the LORD or her husband.
Genesis 16 NIV
1. Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2. so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3. So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
Her request turned to be her heartache.
4. He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5. Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”
What are we planning to execute that we have not consulted the Father about?
Who have we asked the LORD to judge in reference to what we have asked for but it did not weigh in our favor?
In the end we can walk in love or repay evil with evil.
6“Your servant is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
But the LORD is faithful in delivering those we (out of the need to control) entangle in our own agenda.
Our actions will always affect the other person’s emotions thus their way of thinking. One can be right and still be wrong.
Psalm 4:4 NIV
In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah
Sometimes the conversation and answer we have with the LORD is not catering to our emotions, but it reveals his perfect will for our life.
7.The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8. And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
9. Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10.The angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.”
11.The angel of the Lord also said to her: “You are now with child and you will have a son.
You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.
The plans that we execute for ourselves bring sorrow, but the plans of the LORD will bring Blessings and exceed our expectations.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
Genesis 17
15. God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
We have to Wait on the LORD Dear Sisters for whatever we desire to birth forth in our life.
It will happen in due season the right way if we faint not.
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Be Well in Jesus Name!
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