Abraham’s pact with Abimelech

I am reminded that the stuff of the Spirit is always mixed with earth.

Water in dry and thirsty land. A well dug in the dirt. Abimelech shows up. Abraham has once before deceived him. He brings his army commander. He means business.

Abraham has the promise of God. God’s protection and blessing.

The temptation is real. Yet Abraham knows that to wait upon the Lord isn’t entitlement. There is work to do. He must enter into it.

I must enter into it. I must work with the world that must never be allowed to consume me.

It could have been an altercation. It was peace.

Abraham chose peace.