Focus
Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer.
Read
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.” 4 But the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.” 5 He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6 And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.
12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs, and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years; 14 but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Reflect
Abram (Abraham), reminds me of a lot of people today when God is calling them to a service for the Lord.
God calls us and promises us that God will go on the journey with us. God serves as a shield. We have God’s divine protection. This, of course, does not mean smooth sailing. Yet, God is with us.
We receive the call and then run from the call. So many preachers have told me of how they ran from the calling on their lives until they finally gave in. This does not just apply to preachers though. It seems to me, that we all run from God’s calling on our life. It is scary when God calls us to something for the kingdom.
God gives us, like Abram, reassurances that all will be well. So, let us not run from our calling. If it is teaching, teach! If it is singing, sing! If it is whatever, whatever!
Pray
God, may we seek the opportunities that you are giving us in the calling you are placing in our lives. Amen!
Go with God!
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