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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Frustrations -Gen11

A lot of the times things didn't go as we expected, and we started to rebuke the devil or blame ourselves for not trying harder.

In the tower of Babel, they set up their goal, drew a perfect plan, and they started to work hard toward their goal. They believed in unity and they believed in themselves. This is just like the secular life coaching schemes. But they missed one thing: is this purpose a God given purpose? In the end God intervened and frustrated the plan so He could join the journey of these people.

From Shem all the way to Abram, nothing seemed to go wrong. They had their sons, and the first born son carried the records of the generations down. But then something went wrong: Gen11:30 "Sarai was barren; She had no child." At the time, she must have felt shameful or not capable enough to even produce a child. But no, it's part of God's plan...He wanted to join in. He wanted to be the real father of Isaac, that's why the record of the genealogy of Jesus only started with Abraham, (Matt1), not from Noah, not Adam.

Have you met frustration in your journey with God? You've tried everything, and it's not working for you? Think again, it might be a sign that God wants to it Himself.