Gen 12:10-13

Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;

and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

“Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.”

What was happening here?
What is revealed?

They were going into a dangerous land.
Why?
Famine was driving them to seek food.
Some interesting questions to consider.
Why did God allow the famine?
He does guide the cloud, rain, etc.
Could God not have provided?
Sure He could.
Did the Lord bring the famine?
Etc.

What was “driving” Abram?
What was his “motivation” to request this of his wife?

Fear.

So much of what we do is motivated by fear rather than faith.

Abram feared the beauty of his wife.
He thought that they Egyptians would kill him to get his wife.
So, he asked that she say that she was his sister.

Did he lie?
Not exactly.

Abram does the same thing later…another time/another place…

Gen 20:12
“Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

Abram’s wife was his half-sister.

He did not lie.
He told a half-truth.
Something far-too-common in the Body today.

The problem was the he was not trusting the Lord.
He was trusting fear and circumstance.
He drew others…his wife…into the deception.

We will see how this goes…

Walk not in fear.
Walk in faith.