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讀經分享
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 創世記十六章1-4節 ( Genesis 16:1-4 )
創世記十六章1-4節
神的小僕人
經文:
1 亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊不給他生兒女，撒萊有一個使女名叫夏甲，是埃及人。
2 撒萊對亞伯蘭說：耶和華使我不能生育，求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因他得孩子。〔得孩子原文作被建立〕亞伯蘭聽從了撒萊的話。
3 於是亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊，將使女埃及人夏甲給了丈夫為妾，那時亞伯蘭在迦南已經住了十年。
4 亞伯蘭與夏甲同房，夏甲就懷了孕，他見自己有孕，就小看他的主母。
上帝對亞伯蘭的應許遲遲未兌現，亞伯蘭的妻子便用自己的方法去得着兒子。撒萊安排了她的侍女夏甲為丈夫的妾，結果夏甲生下了以實馬利。
有時當我們等候的時候心裏焦急，看不到神的工作，自己就用自己的方法去得到自己所想要的，最後反而是自己吃苦。撒萊也因夏甲而受苦，她怎知道再過十多年她便會得到憑應許出生的以撒呢！
信心等待的功課不容易，但聖經多次提醒我們，我們的神是信實可靠的，祂的應許永不落空。
Genesis 16:1-4
God’s promise to Abram was not realized as his wife Sarai began to use human effort to get a son. She organized her maid Hagar to sleep with her husband to get a son Ishmael.
It is true that waiting is hard. It requires us to let go of our control and leave it to God. Sarai didn’t realize how she organized for her husband to get an heir would eventually caused her pain. And she didn’t realize that in another 10 odd years her promised heir Issac would come through her own.
Waiting and trusting is hard. Yet our disbelief does not mean God is not trustworthy. He is faithful and His promises never returns void.
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