Thursday January 15, 2009 AN OBEDIENT SERVANT
The LORD said to Abram, "Leave your land, your relatives, and your father's home. Go to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation, I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. Through you every family on earth will be blessed." Genesis 12:1-3 Well, occasionally, I just have to copy from what I'm reading and let that be the devotional. Such is the case for today. I was so impressed with the outline of these promises in the "365 Day Devotional." I just have to share it. table with 2 columns and 8 rows "Some of the six promises to Abram have been kept. Others have implications that extend into the future. The six are: I will make you a nation (12:2). Abram fathered the great Hebrew and Arab peoples. I will bless you (12:2). Abram lived a full, rich life. I will make your name great (12:2). Jews, Christians, and Muslims honor Abraham as founder of their faiths. You will be a blessing (12:2). The Scripture and the Savior came through Abraham. I will bless those who bless you, curse those who curse you (12:3) Nations have risen and fallen in accord with their treatment of the Jewish people. To your offspring I will give this land (12:7). This promise is viewed as the Jews' title deed to Israel. "As God made great commitments to Abram, so He makes commitments to all who exhibit Abram's trust in theLord. "More than one commentator has suggested that God's promises to Abram were conditional promises. They say that the condition was obedience to God's call to leave Ur. After all, if Abram had not left, none of the things God promised could have come true. "This view distorts both the biblical text and a vital truth about the spiritual life. God's promises are not activated by our obedience. Our obedience is activated by the promises of God. "Sometimes you and I make the mistake of thinking that God is like the electrical wiring in our houses. There is tremendous power in those electrical wires. And you and I are the ones who cause the power to work! We activate the power by flipping a light switch, turning on a TV, or pushing in the control knob on our clothes washer. God too has tremendous power. And some Christians assume that they can turn that power on and off by whatthey do. If they flip the right switch, God acts. If they turn the dial to the right channel or push the control into the right setting, God will come through on call. But this is not what happens in our lives at all!" table end Thank You Lord for the beautiful insight of others on Your Word.Hallelujah! ******************************************* O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
