Recommended reading: Genesis 12-22
Part 1 of a two part series.
Part 1 of a two part series.
Does God Remember??
Now the Lord
said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy kindred, from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou
shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse
him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the families
of the earth be blessed.
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him;
and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five
years old when he departed out of Haran.
(Genesis 12:1-4)
thy country, and from thy kindred, from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou
shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse
him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the families
of the earth be blessed.
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him;
and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five
years old when he departed out of Haran.
(Genesis 12:1-4)
Greetings in the Name of Jesus!
First before I write anything I would to thank God for his grace that is
sufficient. I want to thank God he cares and loves us. I would
like to acknowledge his hand upon me and my house not by works of righteousness
we have done, but only because his imputed righteousness through faith
in the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son. Amen!
God wakes me up at night and tears well up - he wants to speak - he wants
to remind me - he wants to encourage his people. God has encouraged
me so I want to encourage you.
Doesn't seem when it's a dark and difficult season, the glorious promises
of God seem very far away if not unattainable. Now maybe I'm the
only one, but in times like these I have asked God, do you remember me?
Do you remember your promise?
Ok let's take a little quiz, to gauge if you had days where you were tempted
to question God's faithfulness. Ok question number one ....
Have you
thought Lord do you remember what you said concerning my husband?
Number
2: Do you remember what you said concerning my son or daughter?
Number 3: Lord do you remember what you said concerning having children?
Should I go to number 4?
Maybe the Lord is reminding you what number
4 is. The question we are asking regardless of the detail is this:
Lord Jesus do you remember me?
Saint of God, I want to encourage you, God does remember!
Again we can glean from God's word. Let's look into the scriptures
into the life of Abraham. As we read from the scripture above Abraham
was a old man when God came to visit him and make the promises of which
we are partakers of in the faith. Reading Genesis chapters 12 - 21
we can gather from the time God first spoke to Abram to when the promise
of a child by his own seed was 25 years. We read Abraham was 75 in
chapter 12:4 and 100 in Chapter 21:4 when the promised child Isaac was
born. I don't know about you but 25 years is along time to wait!
I can imagine Abram doubted as God continued to try him. I'm sure
Abram had some difficult days as God changed his character as he changed
his name. I can imagine there were some dark days for him as the
promise of God tarried. In fact as we read we see as the days came
closer to the promise being fulfilled it became rather humorous so much
so he and his wife Sarah laughed out load as the angel of the Lord reminded
them of God's promise.
It's very easy to hear from God on the mountain top. Obeying has
goose bump to it. It's a good feeling for God to speak. But
when he stops and begins to prove you, it gets very difficult and even
burdensome. Hell seems to know or maybe has permission to pound you
with doubt, to tempt you to accuse the Lord. Man I wish I could say
my faith held strong every day until I saw God's personal promise to me.
It's encouraging to know I or we are not alone having days of doubt. Even
Abraham, the father of our faith, had his moments of question. Let's
look...
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a
saying,
Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward.
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go childless, and the steward of my
house is the this Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given
no seen: and, lo, one born in my house is
mine heir.
(Genesis 15:1-3)
saying,
Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward.
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go childless, and the steward of my
house is the this Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given
no seen: and, lo, one born in my house is
mine heir.
(Genesis 15:1-3)
And
behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
"This one shall not be
your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir."
Then he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and count the
stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall
your descendants be."
And then the famous scripture associated with Abram....
And he believed the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
( Genesis 15:4-6 )
You know as I read this passage of scripture I can sense God's gentleness.
I can sense his patience. I can sense his long-suffering. I
don't hear in God's response he's cold and calculating. Maybe over
time Abram gained this understanding. Maybe faith in God's goodness
to him was not hard to believe. Maybe over the years God proved himself
worthy of trust and loyalty. Any case Abram believed God plain and
simple.
Has the promise of God tarried for you? Young people are you waiting
for God's choice? Hang in there saints of God, He's got your best interest
at heart! Parents do you have some wayward son's and daughters? Have
you presented your grief before the Lord. Don't let go, until he makes
you a promise! Barren young mothers - Has God heard out of your lips
the longing of your heart? Let your heart remain broken until you
hear his promise! The God of wonder to Abraham is the God of wonder
to us! Saints lets put away the tight fist rooted in wounded ness,
and instead, open our heart to trust again, the Almighty!
Father do a great thing for me and bless your people. And God guide whoever
needs these words to this page and reassure them of your promise. Father
I pray that you would bring a break through for them and their house.
Lord I trust to do these things for your name sake. Lord we want
to thank you for goodness and loving kindness to us, your people.
Amen.
Be blessed!
May God richly
bless and strengthen your heart!
Pete
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