Failure to obey

When we violate God’s truth, His Word, consequences always result. Sometimes those consequences are tragic. Abraham discovered this. In his hurry to make God’s promise of a son come true, he agreed to take Sarah’s servant, Hagar, as a substitute wife. The child born from that union, however, was not God’s intended heir. When Isaac, the son of promise, was born, a rivalry developed that eventually caused Sarah to demand Hagar and her son leave the house. Abraham’s disobedience brought serious consequences, not only to himself but to everyone he loved. Only God’s intervention prevented a tragedy (Gen.21:16-19). When we fail to obey God’s truth, we can expect consequences. This is not because God is out to get even. Instead, it’s because God’s truth protects us from situations that will harm us. When we trample down those protective fences God has set up in His Word, we end up experiencing the evil from which those fences were created tosave us. Take God at His word. The Scriptures can keep you from harm. Refuse to violate God’s truth either by running ahead or lagging behind His will for your life. God’s truth will keep you from the consequences. Accept the Truth and avoid the consequences

Genesis 21:9-11

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

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