Fighting Among the Wives

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. Genesis 16:4-6

Steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The inevitable happens and the wives start to fight with each other and the household is disrupted. Sarai, as the first wife, is upset with Hagar the second wife. But Hagar was pregnant and thought herself better than Sarai. Abram judges that Hagar is still the first and special wife and she is granted power over Hagar and treats her in a hard manner and Hagar flees from her persecutor. Abram, Sarai, and now Hagar all do things without talking to God about the problems. They seek to solve it their own way and keep creating chaos.

Prayer for Today: God, thank You for making things simple for us. We have great difficulty with simple things, and complicated things are worse. Please help us to talk to You first before putting our plans into effect. Since You know the end from the beginning help us to trust in Your plans over our plans. Thank You for being there to rescue us from us.