I am so stoked to share this with you today. Bible connection are on my favorite things list. Special thanks to Michelle Stevens for sending me a short clip from Myron Golden. I checked out a bunch of his stuff and found two Genesis stories that connect in an interesting way. Both of them relate in this way: count your blessings and don't miss them in pursuit of what you don't have, in search of what you lack.
Satan works hard and well in the powerful gaps of life. He draws our attention to what is missing and makes them into much more than what they really are. He did so with Adam and Eve. They walked past amazing fruit trees to get to the one they were told was bad for them. Why in the world did they do that and how are we sometimes like them?
In the case of Hagar and Ishmael, their situation was the exact opposite. They were in a wilderness, not a garden. And yet, the same problem popped up. She missed what God was doing because of the overwhelming weight of what she didn't have. Her story may connect to you in a personal way. If so, I hope God opening her eyes becomes your story as well.
- When is the last time you counted your many blessings, naming them one by one?
- Why do you think we are so fixated, so often, on what we do not have?
- Is the focus on what we lack healthy? Won't we just move on to something else we lack?
- What do we learn about resources and abundance from the garden of Eden?
- What do we learn about resources and abundance from Hagar in the wilderness?
I am so stoked to share this with you today. Bible connection are on my favorite things list. Special thanks to Michelle Stevens for sending me a short clip from Myron Golden. I checked out a bunch of his stuff and found two Genesis stories that connect in an interesting way. Both of them relate in this way: count your blessings and don't miss them in pursuit of what you don't have, in search of what you lack.
Satan works hard and well in the powerful gaps of life. He draws our attention to what is missing and makes them into much more than what they really are. He did so with Adam and Eve. They walked past amazing fruit trees to get to the one they were told was bad for them. Why in the world did they do that and how are we sometimes like them?
In the case of Hagar and Ishmael, their situation was the exact opposite. They were in a wilderness, not a garden. And yet, the same problem popped up. She missed what God was doing because of the overwhelming weight of what she didn't have. Her story may connect to you in a personal way. If so, I hope God opening her eyes becomes your story as well.
- When is the last time you counted your many blessings, naming them one by one?
- Why do you think we are so fixated, so often, on what we do not have?
- Is the focus on what we lack healthy? Won't we just move on to something else we lack?
- What do we learn about resources and abundance from the garden of Eden?
- What do we learn about resources and abundance from Hagar in the wilderness?