Faithful God,
How quick I am to forget
what You’ve already proven.
How easily fear writes old scripts
and rehearses old lies.
Abraham
the man of promise,
the one who believed You for stars and sand
still stumbled.
He said again,
“She is my sister.”
Not because You failed,
but because fear whispered louder than faith.
“I was afraid,” he said.
“I thought there was no fear of God in this place.”
Lord, how often do I do the same?
I assume danger,
and take matters into my own hands.
I make preemptive compromises
to protect what You’ve already promised.
I trust in strategy instead of surrender.
And in trying to save myself,
I dishonor You.
Forgive me.
You did not abandon Abraham.
You intervened.
You came to Abimelech in a dream
a pagan king,
and yet You called him innocent.
You protected him from sinning.
You restrained his hand.
You were merciful to both the deceived and the deceiver.
God, that humbles me.
That You protect even in our failure.
That You guard others from my mistakes.
That You step in
not to punish first,
but to preserve.
You told Abimelech,
“It was I who kept you from sinning against Me.”
What grace.
How many times have You quietly intervened,
when I never even knew the danger?
How often have You preserved me
when I was too foolish to ask?
Abraham prayed,
and You healed Abimelech’s house.
You used the flawed to restore the innocent.
You honored the intercession of a man
who just failed You.
Because Your covenant is stronger than my inconsistency.
Lord, use me
even after I stumble.
Use me to bring healing,
even when I’ve caused harm.
Let my prayers still carry weight,
not because of my perfection,
but because of Your mercy.
You are faithful,
even when I am fearful.
You keep promises,
even when I falter.
You write redemption into the places
where I thought I had only written regret.
So I bring my failures,
my patterns,
my justifications.
And I lay them down.
I don’t want to say, “I thought…”
I want to say, “God said.”
Let my decisions be rooted in faith,
not fear.
Thank You for grace
that comes not just once,
but again and again.
In the name of Jesus,
the true and better Covenant Keeper,
Amen.