The Initiative is not Ours

Remember the initiative is with God. Don’t wrest the initiative from the hand of God. This is true not merely in marriage. It’s true in everything. Every time you and I wrest the initiative from the hand of God we run the risk of a disaster. Basically that usually leads to an Ishmael. Do you remember? Abraham thought God had waited too long, so he decided to help God out, made his own arrangements, and the result was a disaster. So wresting the initiative from the hand of God will probably cost you a very painful lesson.