Genesis 20 Devotional Bible Study
Genesis 20 Chapter Summary
Abraham went to Gerar and told King Abimelek that Sarah was his sister, so Abimelek took Sarah as his wife. But God warned Abimelek in a dream not to have sex with her. He told Abimelek to have Abraham pray for him because Abraham was a prophet.
The next morning, Abimelek asked Abraham why he had wronged him in this way but then also gave him gifts of cattle and slaves and money and sent him away in peace. Then Abraham prayed for Abimelek, and God allowed Abimelek's wife and female slaves to conceive again.
Abraham is making the same mistake here as he did with
Pharaoh in Genesis 12, saying his wife is his sister in order to avoid danger
to himself.
Have you continued to make the same mistakes before God? Do
you come back to the same sin over and over again? Break the cycle! God
forgives all our sins, but He wants us to learn from our shortcomings, not
continue in them. Being a Christian means living in freedom; it means
transformation, not being stuck in our sins.
God is ready and willing to deliver us from our sin, but we
have to work with Him on it. We have to resist and trust His strength.
Abraham should have trusted God enough to know that even if
he told the truth about his and Sarah’s relationship, God would protect them.
We can trust that if we do what is right, God will be with us and will bless us.
Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no
fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’”
Abraham thought there was no fear of God in Gerar, but Abimelech obeyed God, showing Abraham to be wrong. What’s the lesson for us? Don't prejudge someone. You never know what God is doing in their heart.
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