Providence According to God | Genesis 20:1-18

This week we will explore Genesis 20:1-18, Providence According to God. 
Abraham is growing in his relationship with God. In Genesis 18, we see him welcoming God into his home, showing great humility and worship, interceding for the city of Sodom, and receiving the greatest news that he could receive... that his wife, Sarah, would bear a son in a year's time. 
He seems to be the model of faith. 
But then, in chapter 20, Abraham fails again.
Out of his fear and unbelief, he falls right back into an old sin. He lies about his true relationship to Sarah and jeopardizes her and the promise of God. 
It is a reminder to us all that let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (1 Corinthians 10:12). 
Old patterns of sin have a way of resurfacing whenever we are stressed, depressed, bored, annoyed, or just distracted from our fixed gaze on Jesus Christ. 
Abraham fails. Again. But God remains faithful. Always. 
God's providence superintends over all events. His grace is always operational. His sovereignty is always in control. His faithfulness is always our comfort and our rock in difficult times. 
Even in this predicament, God is at work. 
And even in this pagan land, God is on the move. 
We can rest in the providence of God!
May God protect us from the sin that so easily entangles and empower us to walk with Him day by day for His glory and our good!
This Sunday, we will celebrate communion together as fellow partakers of God's grace!