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WOMEN'S BOOK STUDY > Chapter 6 - "Abraham"

"The Day You've Waited For" is the title Nancy Guthrie gives the teaching portion of this chapter. On page 153, she writes:

Has there been a day out in the future that you have longed for? Do you remember counting down the days until your wedding? Do you remember counting down the weeks until the birth of your child? And did that turn into longing for the day when your child would start kindergarten so you would finally get some time alone? Perhaps you have longed for the day when your business is in the black, or the day when you make your last mortgage payment, or the day you retire.
On page 124, she continues:
Is there a day out there you are looking for and longing for? Do you have any kind of assurance that it is really coming? And if it does come, do you think it will live up to your longing?
Do such thoughts ever cross your mind? After reading Genesis 12-15, how would you say your longings compare to Abraham's? How do God's kept promises to Abraham relate to us today?

February 12, 2012 | Registered CommenterGrace Presbyterian

I have spent too much of my life desiring some future event only to find the attainment of it leads to further longing for something else. Now, in my 50s, I look back upon much time wasted. I also tend to create in my mind the "answer" to such longings and to feel as though I will find fulfillment only if my desires are met in the way I have imagined. May I repent of such folly and find my desires to be for Christ first and foremost. A key verse for me for the last 25 years or so has been, "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." (Ps. 37:4) May both my delight and desires indeed be for the Lord and my satisfaction found in him alone. This is not my natural inclination.

March 10, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterJoan