Day 5

Have you ever found yourself really struggling in your faith?  
If so, you have something in common with Abram.  In spite of God’s powerful promises and constant provision for his needs, Abram was struggling to believe that God’s promises would materialize.  God had already promised that Abram would “become the father of a great nation” (Gen. 12:2).  However, after ten years (16:3), Abram was growing impatient (15:2-3).
Even though the Lord reassured Abram of his promises, Abram decided to take matters into his own hands.  This led to Abram fathering a child with Hagar.  Clearly, in the chapters we have read today, Abram was struggling with the Lord’s timing.  
Are you struggling like Abram?  Trust in the Lord’s timing.  Exercise patience and remember what the Lord spoke through the prophet Isaiah, “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:9).

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?