Let's Avoid Creating Ishmaels
Let's avoid creating Ishmaels as we seek to fulfill God's destinies for our lives. We each have a vision and destiny placed in our hearts by God. The passion to see it fulfilled is also placed in our hearts by God. Abraham had a destiny given to him at 75 years of age (Gen. 12). After waiting for more than a decade for God to fulfill it, he and his wife decided on a way they could help bring about the fulfillment of this vision. Ishmael was born. This was NOT a directive that God had given to them. It was a work of their flesh, and God rejected it. In the journaling below God spoke a warning to me, and to all of us.

