DevotionalHagar found herself in the wilderness—alone, afraid, and uncertain of her future. She didn’t choose to be there, but the choices of others and her own response to mistreatment had led her to this desolate place. Many of us have experienced wilderness...
DevotionalAt the heart of Sarah and Abraham’s mistake was a fundamental misunderstanding about how God works. They attempted to fulfill a promise of grace through human works. Sarah’s plan represented the age-old human tendency to believe we must earn or...
DevotionalHave you ever grown impatient waiting for God to fulfill a promise? Sarah certainly did. After ten years of waiting for the child God had promised, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She offered her servant Hagar to Abraham as a way to...
DevotionalThe story in 2 Kings 6 concludes with an unexpected twist. After God strikes the Syrian army with temporary blindness and Elisha leads them into Samaria, the king of Israel asks if he should kill them. Elisha’s response is revolutionary: “Set...
DevotionalThere’s a profound difference between how things appear from our limited human perspective and how they actually are from God’s viewpoint. Elisha understood this when he confidently declared to his fearful servant, “Those who are with us...
