“But it’s not [stamps foot] what I wanted!” by RICHELLE WRIGHT (re-post)

This was a really really good read. “But it’s not [stamps foot] what I wanted!” by RICHELLE WRIGHT on APRIL 21, 2014 (click the link below to read the whole blog post)

http://www.alifeoverseas.com/but-its-not-stamps-foot-what-i-wanted/
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Excerpt:
In Genesis 15, God comes to Abram and says “Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.” God essentially says, “Here, Abram… I’m giving you Me… I AM your reward.” In the all’s pious, holy and right with the world version of this story, Abraham would have been ecstatic. Talk about the most amazing, overwhelming and wonderful gift! God just gave Abram God Himself!

But that isn't exactly his response. Abram essentially says, “But that’s not the gift I've been waiting for. It isn't what you promised. You told me my gift was a child…” I do not at all want to imply that Abram stopped trusting God or even that he didn't want God as His shield and reward. What I am saying is that at that moment, what Abram wanted from God more than anything else was the son God had promised. Those good desires for a future promise clouded his current perspective. Thus, Abram appears disappointed with what was ultimately a much better gift.

Thankfully, God grows and changes Abram. Later in life, Abraham’s obedience to God’s direction, desperate trust and an unexplainable confidence in God’s provision far surpasses the immediate worth of that precious, promised son.

That Abraham learned this lesson gives me hope that I will too, someday.

It is hard.
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My Thoughts:

What a bright light of introspection this phrase brings, "Those good desires for a future promise clouded his current perspective. Thus, Abram appears disappointed with what was ultimately a much better gift."

What great gift from God am I blinded to, just because the gift in my NOW doesn't look like the promise I have been longing for?

~selah~

http://www.alifeoverseas.com/but-its-not-stamps-foot-what-i-wanted/