Looking in the Mirror?

Read Genesis 11-13
 
Genesis 12:13-14 “Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.” 14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman.
 
AS people called to Christ, do we see God’s promises within life’s challenges – some of them even very big trials? If we’re as Abram, we do, and we don’t. For example, Abram believed God when the Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1) That’s a big faith in that culture to leave the safety of your family and travel nearly 1,000 miles to an unknown territory! But then came a famine in the new land. Where did Abram look? Although Abram had faithfully obeyed God to travel to a new land, he now turns to see his fears. Even in God’s promise that Abram would father a great nation, the man fearfully focused on imagined threats from other men.
    If he looked to God, would he have stayed in Canaan to discover the Lord’s provision? Instead, his attitude was self-focused, “Let’s go to Egypt and see what we can do.” But then he became more self-centered. Abram’s self-protection plan threatened Sarai.
    Yes, that is how we are. Sometimes our faith sees deeply into God’s power. But too often, our faith is mirror-focused as we seek solutions in self. Despite the Bible’s evidence, we believe God is only caring for us when things are good.
    But as we have seen in Daniel and many other scriptures, God displays his power to the world. To protect his chosen couple and his salvation plan to the nations, God revealed himself in Egypt and to the pagan Pharaoh. Abram would slowly learn throughout his walk with God that trials and challenges are opportunities to more clearly and personally keep our eyes on God.
   
What About You? Looking in the mirror or looking to God?