Grace Of God And Flaws Of MenSample

Relentless God 

Abraham, the father of the faith, was not always faithful to his call. Like every human, he too fell into sin. In fact, Abraham compromised his integrity by committing the same sin twice over. 

Almost immediately after God’s call to leave Ur, Abraham and his family went to Egypt to seek shelter during a famine. Here, Abraham resorted to asking his wife Sarah to pretend that she was his sister. Sarah was extraordinarily beautiful and Abraham feared that the Egyptian men would kill him in order to have Sarah. 

Despite his deception, God chose to remain faithful to Abraham.

And despite God’s grace, Abraham chose to deliberately fall into sin again.

This time it was the same trick at a different place. While Abraham was in Gerar, he again asked Sarah to pretend to be his sister so that King Abimelech of Gerar would save them. Again, the same sin. Again, the same God of mercy.

In both instances, God came to Abraham and Sarah’s rescue. He saved their marriage and Sarah’s integrity. He showed them His faithfulness. 

God showed them – and He shows us – that He is a God who pursues His people with a persistent love. He doesn’t wash His hands off of us when we land ourselves in trouble. Not even when we are serial offenders.

God is in the business of heart transformation. It is a slow process. It is hard. It is painful. But it shows us that He who started a good work is faithful to complete it.