Whenever God gives a promise, his promise doesn't change, even though it may tarry, it must surely come to
pass. but when we tend to force or prove our stubbornness and impatience towards God who has made that promise to you, he simply Permits you to do your own will. Lets find out how this happened with Abraham, the father of all, from the book of Genesis 17:1-21.
God has promised Abraham a son and this child will come from Abraham's body. the Lord possibly testing Abraham's faith and resilience on him for help. Since Sarah could not bear children, Abraham reasoned that some other woman should bear his son. so when Sarah suggested Haggai to Abraham to imp-regnant her, Abraham willingly participated in the plan. it seems logical to do, this action made sense to Abraham and Sarah, but Abraham's logic was wrong. this was not God's plan, however, God produces a son through Abraham and the Egyptian slave and that son is called Ishmael.
Note: Israel is not the Promised Seed, But rather the permitted Seed. and there's a difference between a promised seed and a permitted seed. there are sometimes that God allows or permits some certain things in our life, probably because of our impatience and stubbornness. when we fail to wait upon the lord whenever he has promised us something, we tend to end-up frustrated and such frustration can lead us into accepting what was not ours and we tend to see it as the long awaited promise. Whenever God Promises, he fulfills the Promise. from the time Ishmael was born, Abraham's family was turned upside down. Abraham made the assumption that Ishmael was the promised seed when all along he was simply thee permitted seed. Abraham lived with this believe that Ishmael was the promised while he was the permitted.
NOTE: Nothing is more tragic when we try to make the permitted the promise. Nothing is more tragic in the live of a believer, church, ministry, etc when you try to make somebody or something that was simply permitted a promise. in other words, nothing is more deadly than to make somebody or something that was temporary permanent.
Sometimes God Permits some stuffs in our lives and sometimes the permitted looks so good, it seems like is the promise, and you may not know or notice it, until the promise shows up.. Something that God allows he permits. Not everything in your life is the promise of God upon your life and this is because of our stubbornness and stiffness to his promise and to God's way. hear this" God also permits us to go through some stuff, not because he has promised that we will go through it, but it's because you will not yield to his direction, rather to your own understanding.
Blessings.....
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