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Introduction
There are times we read the Scriptures and there is a lightbulb or a-ha moment that occurs.
It generally means we have seen something in a new light, understood it, agreed with it, and are anxious to apply it.
Those are wonderful moments that can be life changing.
But there are other times we read the Scriptures and we have more of an oh-no moment.
It is almost the same as an a-ha moment: we see something in a new light, understand it, and can see how we should apply it.
The difference being we don’t necessarily agree with it and are not anxious to apply it.
If we are honest with ourselves, we have all had both of these moments.
What do you do when you have an oh-no moment and you are given an instruction that you don’t like and maybe don’t agree with?
Transition
The good news is that you are not the first person to ever have this problem.
No less a person than Abraham faced the same situation.
Illumination
What Is Hope?
A favorable confident expectation
All three parts of that simple definition are important:
favorable
confident
expectation
What Was Abraham’s Hope?
Though in his life, he had more than one hope, as we do and will, there was one that stood above the rest.
In order to become a great nation, Abraham needed one thing he did not have: children (at least one)
Decades passed between the time of the promise but nothing seemed to happen.
Abraham tried to take matters into his own hand, and that didn’t go so well.
And then....
It seemed like Abraham and Sarah were now too old, but God promised it was still going to happen.
Abraham’s favorable confident expectation had been realized and hope had a name: Isaac
That should be the end of the story, but it’s not.
Abraham’s Hope Challenged
What would you do?
This was the son of promise
This was not something God requires (normally)
There are a lot of reasons not to do this
What did Abraham do?
He didn’t just go, he got up early and fully committed to going.
If you don’t know the rest of the story, you should read it.
Even if you do know the rest of the story, you should read it.
He headed into the wind
Conclusion
There is a principle in anchoring that says you should head into the wind when setting your anchor.
The wind is going to push against you, but if you head into it, that wind will help secure your anchor, helping you stay where you need to stay, enabling you to go where you need to go.
Those “oh-no” moments are the wind we need to head into to ensure our anchor, the hope of our very beings, is set well and set where we need it to be.
It t may not be the obvious response and will not be the easy response, but it is the right response.
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