Truth Matters-11 Desperate Housewives 3

On today's Truth Matters with medical doctor Cheryl Davis, she continues the topic of desperate housewives. Abraham's excited, but Sarah, Abraham's wife, is impatient as she doesn't understand God's plan. She is overcome with worry and anxiety as to who the mother might be as she is old and unable to conceive. Instead of trusting God and letting her faith guide her thinking, she begins guessing and doubting as to how God is going to give Abraham a son and why she has not been included in the conversation. She's feeling desperate for answers.

Here's Dr. Davis as she plays the part of Sarah in part three of Desperate Housewives, Waiting Without Knowing. But Lord, haven't you seen how I lived? I left my home and packed up everything I had and followed this calling too, you know. When famine struck in the place you told us to go, I still went to Egypt with him to look for food. I lied and said I was his sister when he told me to, knowing that I was his wife.

I agreed to give Lot half our possessions without getting first choice. Then we went to rescue him after all that. Now, Lord, why did you not mention me? Abraham, are you sure he didn't say me? Lord, are you there?

Is it me? All I have is his promise, Lord. And there's silence.

There is no answer. This point in time is called the wait. Has anyone ever been here? Are any of you great at waiting? Does anyone enjoy waiting? Sarah had waited long enough. Does anyone feel like they have waited long enough on God to answer, deliver, or even just plain deny? A no sometimes is better than nothing.

At least we would know where we stand, even if it is in denial. In Genesis chapter 16, now Sarah, Abram's wife, had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. So she said to Abram, The Lord has kept me from having children. Sarah resigned herself to the natural. In the wait, do not resign yourself to the natural. Hold out for the supernatural, no matter how long it takes.

I'm going to say that one more time. Sarah resigned herself to the natural. In the wait, do not resign yourself to the natural.

Hold out for the supernatural, no matter how long it takes. The word resign means to accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided. Sarah assumed, because God did not speak to her in her preconceived time frame, that she was not included in the promise. She believed that God had restrained her from children when God never said that. I am sure in the beginning she assumed that the promise did not include her, but over time her doubt crept in, and just like her, we can scheme and analyze ourselves right out of God's plan. What does the Bible tell us about resigning to the natural? Mark 9 23 says, All things are possible to him that believes. Our biggest enemy to belief and obedience is doubt.

I'm going to say that one more time. Our biggest enemy to belief and obedience is doubt. As I'm speaking to you today, I have been tempted myself for the last five years to not hold out for what God has for me. The Lord spoke into my life, and I have put his words on the shelf when my circumstances did not line up with what the Lord said. When I don't see that it is possible, I have been tempted to walk away and say, Lord, I have waited too long for you. I was this close to giving up, this close to missing what God has for me. But for Sarah, for me and for you, her blessing, my blessing and your blessing is so great that she had to believe, I have to believe and you have to believe.

Like Sarah, waiting on God to act is an exercise of true patience, but it is also a matter of calming your anxiety long enough for your soul to discern that what God is doing and whatever God does is always for the best. Dr. Davis will conclude her teaching next week on Desperate Housewives and the story of Sarah waiting on God while he is waiting on her to get her heart right. You'll not want to miss this insightful teaching on the importance of waiting on God for the supernatural instead of trying to manipulate nature. Please visit our website at ProjectTruthMatters.com to hear this broadcast again, as well as others. You can contact Dr. Davis by email at CherylDavis at ProjectTruthMatters.com or write to Dr. Davis at The Truth Project, P.O. Box 159, St. Paul's, North Carolina, 28384. She would like to hear from you. Truth Matters with Dr. Cheryl Davis is a presentation of The Truth Project.