Scripture Verses that Caught My attention today: Genesis 12:11-13 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know well that you are a woman beautiful in appearance; 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared on your account.”
Observation: Abraham is considered the primary patriarch. But this passage shows that he had his issues too.
Application: For the last couple of weeks in sports news there has been a story about five college football players who broke NCAA rules a couple of years ago and are just now getting caught. Penalties have been issued that, if upheld, will suspend them for the first five games of next year’s season. Controversy surrounds the fact that they were nevertheless declared eligible to play in last evening’s bowl game where they all contributed greatly to the team’s win. The sentiment among many is that the NCAA and the university itself set aside moral principles should not have let them play in such a high profile game.
If so, they are in good company. Abraham is one big-time player in Biblical history, yet just over one chapter into his Biblical career he compromises his principles in regard to commitment and marriage in favor of trying to save his own skin. The infraction is so great that even the pagan king knows something is wrong. Still, we’ll tune in to see how this drama unfolds and, ultimately, find ourselves in it as well.
Prayer: Lord, no one is pure except you alone. Thanks for finding a way to use the rest of us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Scripture Readings today included: Genesis 12-15 and Luke 5)
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