What have your gotten because you wasn’t willing to wait..

Main message: The sermon warns that impatience with God's timing leads people to produce their own substitutes (like Abraham and Sarah did with Ishmael) and then wrongly label those substitutes as God's favor. Listeners are urged to recognize the "Ishmael" things in their lives and wait for what God truly gives.

Key points:

• Genesis 22:2 recalls God's promise of Isaac, referred to as the "only son" despite Ishmael's existence.
• Abraham and Sarah's impatience led them to conceive Ishmael through Hagar instead of waiting for God's timing.
• Many people mistake self-produced solutions or premature decisions for divine favor — these are "Ishmael" things.
• Calling self-made outcomes "God's" can explain persistent problems (e.g., failing marriages, misaligned visions).
• The sermon challenges listeners to identify what in their lives is an Ishmael and to stop substituting for God's promise.

Scriptures mentioned: Genesis 22:2