In addition to all the drama between Sarai and Hagar, the big thing that stood out to me today was in Genesis 15:5, He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Many years ago, as I was driving through the state of Texas in the middle of the night, I pull over and stepped outside to gaze up at the stars. Until you have viewed the stars with no light pollution to impair your view, you have not really seen what Abraham was seeing. That night I was able to see the actual form of our Milky Way galaxy, with billions of stars before my eyes. Think about the time of Abraham when there were no city lights to impair his view of the stars. This gave me a much greater appreciation for the picture God had painted for Abraham. When God gives us promises it is important for us to realize His promises from His vantage point. It is easy to see through our limited eyes. We have to step outside the things that impair our sight to see through the eyes of God what He is capable of producing in our lives.
2013 Day 6 – Genesis 15-17, Psalm 6
06 Sunday Jan 2013
Posted in Daily Reading
Daily Devotion 
The stars at night are big and bright (clap clap clap clap) deep in the heart of Texas!!!
The sky really is huge in Texas and when you are in the middle of no where, the stars are unbelievable.
What hit me today was Sarah’s emotional response to a situation in which she felt very scared and insecure. Her proverbial security gland was going off when she realized that her husband was going to lose all his property to some other person – which for her in that culture meant being sent away to that other person to be cared for should he die before her. Women have that tendency to just take control when things seem to be out of control, when things seem unsafe, when our security gland goes off, when we feel afraid. Sometimes that response is accurate. I mean, if someone’s breaking into your house, you gotta do something. But I was reminded that when God has promised something, and I don’t see it and I’m beginning to feel afraid, I have to stop, realign myself and focus on what I know is truth. I have to go back to those places I wrote about a few days ago to remind myself of what God has said and remind myself that he truly is in control. Had Sarah done that, so much of the world’s heartache would’ve never occurred.