Genesis 12:10-13 KJV
“And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to
pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai
his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that
they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be
well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.”
Today's example of negative pattern is from the family of Abraham; and it is a pattern of Lies.
Whichever way you look at it, and for whatever reason, a lie is a lie. A
lie is an untrue statement or response.
Out of fear, Abraham lied about
his relationship with Sarah, and made her do same. He made the people
believe she was only his sister not his wife as well.
It took the hand
of God to rescue him from the calamity that would have taken place had
the king slept with Sarah his wife.
Abraham's lie about his wife
happened in Genesis 12 and Isaac was nowhere near being conceived at the
time. He was at least twenty-four to twenty-five years away from
conception.
But the same Isaac, born more than two decades away from the
period Abraham made these mistakes (because he did it twice), ended up
making the exact same mistake like his father.
This is mysteriously
amazing. So, Abraham lied about his wife and Isaac did the same about
his wife. Then Jacob appeared on the scene and lied to his father also
about his identity when it was time for the blessing.
As though that was
not enough, Jacob's children lied to him about Joseph - They lied that
Joseph was killed by a wild animal after they had sold him into slavery.
You can see with me that a pattern of lies got established in Abraham's
family, and it all started with one lie, long before any child came.
This confirms our lesson of yesterday, that it all starts with one
person; a potential patriarch or matriarch. Beloved, don't be surprised
to see you manifest in your son or daughter, but the good news is that
all of these could be redeemed.
First is by the work of Jesus on the
cross for us, which can only be accessed by accepting Him as Lord and
Saviour. (Galatians 3:13-14; Romans 10:9-13).
Receive the grace to uproot all forms of negative trends in your children and loved ones Jesus Name.
Assignment
i. In a case where you have not yet married, or do not yet have
children, then make sure all such tendencies never show up at all in the
future by breaking and destroying all such trends in your life. That
way it would never transmit to your children.
ii. Where the trend
had started already in your children, then pray for them fervently, and
expose them to the word of God and godly/bible based counselling.
Prayer
-Father please save my next generation in Jesus Name.
Nugget
Patterns are redeemable but first it begins by accepting the work of Jesus on the cross for us and taking Him as Lord and savior.
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