Gen 16-17; Matt 5:27-48
Gen 16:9 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."
A strong instruction to Hagar, fleeing from Sarah -- "Go back to the one persecuting you!" And yet, comfort -- "I will increase your descendants..."
This is so, so God... Strong in His commands, yet tender when it comes to His promises. With one, comes the other. Our obedience is temporal, but the reward, eternal.
Prayer:
Father, may I obey you, even in the "hard" things, for your heart is one of Love, one of Blessing, one that desires the best for us. There IS a reason for the season.
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