The Forgotten Factor
By D.T. Powell “I don’t have time.” It’s a common frustration. Writers everywhere have known the constraints of time since the world began. But is time always an enemy? Throughout Scripture, we witness God using time to shape lives and change hearts. We see one example of this in Abraham. In Genesis, Abraham and Sarah spent years waiting for God to fulfill His promise to give them a son. They believed, yes. But doubt crept in, and they tried to remedy their childlessness in a way that made sense to them but was not in line with what God intended. Sarah’s maid Hagar became Abraham’s second wife and had a son named Ishmael. That act of unbelief has had far-reaching repercussions, ones we still witness today. Over the next twenty-five years, God reminded Abraham on more than one occasion that the son He promised would be given to him and Sarah. During that time, Abraham evidenced fear and doubt. It’s easy to condemn him, to say, “He should have believed God.” But ...
