Scripture Post #1,463: *DETESTED DESIRE*

Genesis 16: 

3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Disclaimer: Image taken from search engine. 

 

"…Sarai dealt hardly with her…"~ Gen. 16:6 [Sarai treated Hagar, her handmaid, very harshly after Abram had a child by her].

Sarai (Sarah) was barren and decided to give her husband, Abram (Abraham), her handmaid, Hagar, to conceive a child with, in place of her. GOD planned to bless Abram's seed legitimately, within marital-bounds. But Sarai took matters in her own hands for lack of faith. 

There are times when we desire certain things, and when we finally get them, we detest them. I call this, *DETESTED DESIRE*. Sarai got just what she desired: a child by her husband and handmaid. But when it became real, when it finally happened, when her desire manifested, she hated it! 

In 2nd Sam. 13, King David's son, Amnon, desired the virginity of his own sister, Tamar. When he took his sister's virginity, raping her, he wound up hating her more than he ever loved her! ("Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone." ~2nd Samuel 13:15.) Amnon, just like Sarai, treated the innocent person in the scenario, very poorly, after he'd gotten just what he'd desired!

We as human beings don't know what's best for ourselves. We really don't. We think we want success, until we discover that what we'd deemed success was actually misinterpreted caused by our ignorance. And what success truly is, was within us all along. We desire things, all the time, but unless our desires align with GOD's, we'll always be missing something. Always be incomplete. GOD completes us. We cannot fill the void that is only reserved for the Creator. 

Originally Published: Wed. 9 • 14 • 16