I think this Shortcut will Work

 

“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.

But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; so she said to Abram,

“The Lord has kept me from having children.

Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”

Genesis 16:1-2

 

Have you ever taken a shortcut only to find out it was anything but?

What you thought would shave a few minutes off your trip ended up adding thirty.

Or how about that shortcut you took at work?

No one would be harmed by a little quicker way of fixing the equipment.

But then the bill comes after a serviceman was called to repair your ‘shortcut’.

It’s probably safe to say that we’ve all tried shortcuts that didn’t quite work out as we planned.

Abraham and Sarah tried one once.

The world is still reaping the consequences of that failed shortcut.

When it comes to waiting on God for the fulfillment of promises He has made to you, there are no shortcuts.

We must learn to resist the desire to give in!

Take a shortcut, it won’t matter.

But then it does.

Don’t short circuit the unfolding of God’s purposes for your life.

If He has spoken a word to you, hold fast to that word.

He is trustworthy to bring it to pass.

We, on the other hand, well...just remind yourself of those unsuccessful shortcuts the next time you are tempted to give in or short circuit the efforts of God!

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”

Hebrews 10:23