1. Because of the pressure to produce the descendant promised by God, Sarai suggested that Abram have a child with her servant Hagar. This episode reveals the result of offering what one has according to one’s natural capacity—Hagar was the most Sarai could offer of herself. Therefore, in Genesis 16 we do not find the intervention or explicit presence of God (Gen 16:1-4a).
2. Abraham also offered what he still possessed in his natural strength: the power of procreation. For this reason, God remained absent for thirteen years. God’s absence represents the lack of access to divine speaking. There is no record of Abraham’s spiritual life during the period he remained without the word of the Lord. Therefore, when we do not live according to God’s word, our days are not numbered before Him (Genesis 16:16; 17:1; Psalm 90:12).
3. Let us be those who long to hear the word of the Lord. When we hear it, we must do so diligently: believing in His word and obeying it. When we adopt this posture, God reveals Himself to us as the Almighty, the One who can accomplish all things, since we walk in His presence (Genesis 17:1).
4. “The Lord Himself recognized Moses as faithful in His whole house (Numbers 12:7). This is what He expects from each of us […] What does it mean to be faithful in the house of the Lord? It means managing the house of the Lord well, according to His will. God needs servants who are faithful in His work. It is useless for a person to be faithful if they don’t do anything. You are faithful when you accomplish what the Lord wants to do. Being faithful is not something theoretical, but it is practicing and fulfilling God’s will” (Daily Food, book 3, week 2, Monday, pp. 22-23).
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