Part of the fruit of the Spirit is patience. If Abraham and Sarah had it, Hagar, Ishmael, and the whole Arab-Israeli conflict may have been avoided. Sarah and Abraham thought God needed help making good on His promise to give them a son. This was a classic case of not letting God be God.
We can learn much from this episode - God doesn't always work on our time schedule. We need to trust that God's schedule is the right one - even when it doesn't seem like it to us. Many times, when we outrun Him, we actually create new problems for ourselves. Wait on God - He is God.
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