Maranatha and I have driven the Alcan three times thus far. It is an incredibly beautiful drive and one of my wife’s favorite experiences. The most recent time we traveled to Montana and crossed the border leading to Banff, Alberta. This part of the road has multiple options to connect you to the Alcan in Dawson Creek. On long road drives like this, there can be an eerie feeling of having gone the wrong direction. It's a guttural feeling that leads to digging through maps and meticulously watching for the next road sign. Come to find out, we’d traveled quite a ways in the wrong direction and needed to turn around to hit Banff. We eventually found our way and made our way to Alaska.

In life, we look for signs that we are headed in the right direction. We follow Gideon’s example and lay out fleeces to test God’s will for our lives. What I find interesting is that mankind seeks certain signs from God while trying our best to ignore the more difficult illustrations He clearly lays out for us.

In this message, we examine the life of Sarai. Her life is particularly difficult and is a life that is challenging for us to consider because of the pain that comes with barrenness. Sarai’s life is marked by God in a seemingly cruel manner, but when properly understanding God’s nature, we can see that in even in the horror of barrenness, God is speaking to our hearts!

You can read ahead by reading Genesis 12-21.

Pastor Matt McCarter