Envoytown Station to start again
Hello everyone. Beginning this coming Tuesday we will be revamping Envoytown Station. We will be adding programming, music, interviews and some surprises. Thanks for tuning in. Visit our website at envoytown.com for more information. Thanks! Happy New Year
Richard Beattie
In rounding the corner in the book of Genesis (in 4 days!) the decade started with an empty page and progressed to a serpent whispering “sweet nothings in Eve’s ear.” Evil shows up in every world and every culture and we tend to leave the door open a crack. I want to be “outed” when stuff happens in my life. Being outed is forced confession and I can walk away from my struggles in fear that people might find out. We are all sinners and in Genesis from the fall of man to the life of Abraham human imperfections and sin show up big time. In a healthy way “being outed” is a step towards a reliance on God the Father. If my motive is not right and is not out of God’s play book- then I am out of sorts in all other relationships. While the privacy statements litter my mailbox from the mortgage company, the banks, insurance agents and the communications companies I don’t need that kind of privacy. I want my wife and my family to know what I am up to. I want my male friends to be able to speak truth into my life and I give them permission. In order to be a full-fledged-follower of Jesus Christ, my heart and my mind must be an open book. So if I screw up- I want to be outed!
Genesis 12-16
In Genesis 12 we are introduced to a man who is called out of his country by God. Who is he? His name then was Abram.A few days ago I retold the story of Abram giving in for fear and letting go of his wife because she was attractive. God outs Abram by giving Pharoh all kinds of afflictions. In one chapter we have Abram obedient to God and the next he loses all confidence and his relationship with his wife. Abram primarilly has a character flaw that shows up when he is fearful. He trusts God in everything but falls into the trap of giving in, as not to get into an argument. When we journey with Abram we find him excited to do God’s will and again in just ten years we find him giving in. I wonder if he told his wife Sarai about the encounter with God. God showed him the sky with it’s starfields and promised that he would be the father of as many children- as the stars in the sky. It says Abram believed him. Did he rush home and tell Sarai?
A New Decade
By all indications a decade is a long time to wait- so if he did tell her- the couple lost a little faith. Because ten years later Sarai is still without child. In one of the worst decisions ever made by a married couple (since Eve and Adam ate fruit) Sarai and Abram think maybe God has forgotten them and in order to have children Sarai offers her maid servant Hagar- and Abram agrees- and that decision costs a lot of problems.
Posted in Town Hall.
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