The Lord is my Shepherd – A psalm of david

The Lord is my Shepherd – A  psalm of David   

I am diverting away from the covenants but I was lead to write this out. I firmly believe this too is a covenant which was given by God  through David.  I hope and pray that as you read this you will be blessed to feel His presence in your life. His Oveflowing abundance , His care, His Guidance.  God bless you .

Ps 23 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

The meaning of the word Psalm is – a sacred song. I am not going to the the details of the Psalms. This Psalms  by far is the most known psalm. Every child is taught it. In many a house hold this psalm is repeated daily during common prayer. Many a time we just repeat it without feeling it. Without knowing what is in it for us. 

I hope to give some thought to the above.

Vs 1 :  I shall not be in want.

     The shepherd takes the sheep to the best pastures. The best grass which is available for the whole flock.  The loving God is also taking us to the Best pastures. The best things in life are already planned for us. Many a time it is our doubts that rob us of the grand things God has planned for us. When we say “I shall not be in want” do we really mean it?

Vs 2 Rest in green pastures and leads beside still waters.

    A shepherd will allow his sheep to rest when there is plenty of grass and will lead his sheep along the banks of a river or stream in which the water flows slowly or at a lake. Why? Because if the pastures is not good then the sheep will not be able to rest. If the waters are not still the sheep might fall in the water and drown.

 Our heavenly father will also lead us like this. Will not allow us to slip and fall. He will guide our paths if we walk astray. This verse also tell us about the rich abundance that God has provided for us. Are we willing to partake in this blessing?

Vs 3 Restores my soul for his names sake.

     Chirst died for our sins and has redeemed us from all our sickness and our pains. When we feel down, when we feel lost we must reassure ourselves that it is not us but HIS grace that helps us in restoring our soul to a refreshed state. Look unto Him only for all your needs.

Vs 4 I will fear no evil.- your rod and staff they comfort me

     We really need to understand the shepherd. The rod is a small stick which can be handled well by the shepherd. It is used to guide sheep on the pathway. To throw at an animal that is trying to stray away from the flock. To throw at predators. Etc.

      The staff is used to help the guide sheep specially new born lamb to their mothers.

To us in today’s life we need not fear any evil. The Lord will protect us from all harm and danger.

Vs 5  You prepare a table and my cup overflows.

     This is what I really like. A shepherd will get his sheep to the pasture but the sheep has to have the grass. For Us the Lord will prepare a table. A table filled with His abundance. A table filled with His blessings. Where is He preparing this table, “ in the presence of my enemies” You will be blessed above those who seek to make you fall. You will be blessed to showcase the power of God.

    The second part of this is that the cup overflows. When our table is full with His abundance the cups will overflow. We should give out the blessings to others who need it. Only when we share what ever we have will more blessings come our way. If God were to think like us, Saying no he has got enough many of us will be wanting in many things. We should give out more to get more.

Vs 6 Goodness and mercy will follow me

     If we abide in Him Surely goodness will always follow us In all that we put our hands to do .Every day of our lives. When we do this we will always live in his house, with all our tables always full and our cups always overflowing.

Dear Father

     We thank you because you are our Shepherd, you are our Guide, You are our fortress May out tables be full and our cups always overflow with your blessings. May all those who come in touch with us in our lives be blessed, May we be a blessing to others. Be our source and our protection. be our Hope when we feel down. We know that you Love us and that we are your sheep.

Thank you for your hand of protection .

Amen

I got this part forwarded to me by a friend. It was very useful. Hope you like it too. 

his        This is  an eye opener.... Some probably never thought nor looked at this Psalm in this way.... even though they say it over and over again.

 The Lord is my Shepherd …….. That's Relationship!

I shall not want …… That's Supply!

 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. ……. That's Rest!

 He leadeth me beside the still waters. ……. That's Refreshment!

 He restoreth my soul ……. That's Healing!

 He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness. ……..  That's Guidance!

 For His name sake ……. That's Purpose!

 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. ….. That's Testing!

 I will fear no evil. …… That's Protection!

 For Thou art with me …… That's Faithfulness!

 Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me,  ….. That's Discipline!

 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies. ….. That's Hope!

 Thou anointest my head with oil, …… That's Consecration!

 My cup runneth over. …….. That's Abundance!

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. ……. That's  Blessing!

 And I will dwell in the house of the Lord. …… That's Security!

 Forever  …….. That's Eternity! 

God Bless you Abundantly

 

 

 

The Covenant with Moses- blessings overflow

The Covenant with Moses- blessings overflow

Exodus  ch 19 v4--8  Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

6  And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

7  And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

8  And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

As we read this word the first thing that strikes us is “ IF you obey my word” This  covenant with Moses and the people that God brought out of Egypt is conditional. Only IF they obey the word of God. The result for the obedience is you will be a special treasure or a peculiar treasure. Some versions say “ you will be my treasured possession above all other people of this world” Oh what a lovely promise it is .

The beauty of this is that God calls Moses to the top of the mountain. It is not that the people are asking favour from God. It is God who out of his own free will giving this blessing.  Three months after the people had come out of Egypt they were camped beneath mount Sinai.

Verse 4 Says I bore you on eagles’ wings.  There is a peculiarity of eagles wings, The young of the eagles are carried on their backs. When they soar high, if a hunter has to shoot the young one it has to be through the older one only. God protected the people like an eagle carrying them safely from Egypt.

A- I will make you a kingdom of priests.

    The lord promised them to make them Holy like priests. Even today everyone looks up to a priest as a guide a mentor etc So will the people be blessed like priests. You are a royal priesthood as 1 Peter 2  vs 9 says “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation”. This is the promise for today’s generation.  You have been blessed as  priests in the kingdom of God.

B- It governed their personal lives

    The children of Israel promised God that what ever the Lord has spoken they will do. They will keep the covenant of God. Today how are we conducting our lives?

If we obey His voice he will make us a special treasure. He showed the people who were born in Egypt and miraculously brought out. He destroyed the Egyptian army in the sea while His chosen people were brought out safe.  Psalms105 .37 says “He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes”

How great is God He had prepared the people so well. They were not feeble The promised land was around the corner . A walk of 40 days if they obeyed. Because of their disobedience and unbelief they walked 40 years around the place and then came to the promised land

Many a time in our lives also we do the same. We do not obey the Word of God. We do not believe in the promises of God. He will bring us out on the wings of an eagle. He will protect us. He sent His Son and Healed our diseases, Removed our pain. Comforted the broken hearted. But do we believe on it.

Dear Friend As you read this today.  May God bless you, Guide you , Protect you . Give you Wisdom and Strength. Healing and Prosperity in your live. Our God reins in our Lives. Bless the Lord Oh My soul and All that is within me bless His Holy name. May His name be lifted high in our lives.

God Bless you

The Covenant with Abraham - blessing overflowing.

The Covenant with Abraham- blessing overflowing

Genesis ch 12 vs 1-3  Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2  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:

3  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

When we read the above covenant , on e stark difference we see from the earlier ones is that this has no conditions imposed on man, It is totally one sided. Solely dependant on GOD.

“ I will” is the key to this covenant with Abram. Let us look at this a little more

A- I will make you a great Nation.

    The promise to Abram of being a big nation. The promise to protect and keep the big nation.

B- I will bless you and make your name great.

     This is a personal promise to Abram The bless him and make his name great.

C- And in you all families will be blessed

      This is a common blessing to all the families under Abram

   Are we a part of this nation of Abram? Are we part of the family of Abram.? Think my dear friend.

We are part of this wonderful promise . We have to do nothing to get this covenant blessing. We have to be part of the family.. How are we part of this family? Today when you look up to Christ. When you feel him as your friend. You ever present help in times of need. All these promises come into our lives.

It is the one purpose of God for us to be , 1) A father of a great nation.  2) To receive personal blessing from God . 3 ) To receive personal honor and reputation  and 4) to be the source of blessing to others.

Today did we get our personal blessing?  Today Are we a blessing to others? 

May God bless you and guide you and may you be a blessing to others.

Make someone’s day happy today. Enjoy the peace and happiness which He has given in abundance in our live.

God bless you .

*This series has been facilitated with the help of The Open Bible.

The Covenant after the great flood - The Rainbow

The Covenant after the great flood

Genesis ch 8 vs 20- 9 vs 20: And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12   And God said, this is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

13  I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

After the fall and Adam and Eve were sent out of the garden, The earth flourished and along with it man moved away from God. He sinned against God. Murder, Adultery, Covetousness and more of this was prevalent in the world. There was only 1 family who was God fearing and respected God. Noah and his family. We know the story of how the floods came and only Noah and all his family and one pair of all animals were saved. Once the flood receeded, God made the above promises to Noah.

A- I will not curse the earth anymore.

    After Noah offered sacrifices to the Lord. The Lord said His heart , I will not curse the earth anymore. We live in that promise.

B - Repopulate the earth.

    This was the original plan of God. Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. Seedtime and harvest, Summer and winter will continue. The earth was brought back to its original design.

C -The subjection of the animal kingdom

      The animal kingdom was subjected to Man to rule over them. He was also permitted to eat all flesh.

D – Human life is sacred.

       Whoever sheds a man’s blood, blood shall be required from him. Because we are created in His image.

E – Promise to never destroy the earth and the rainbow is established

      God said I will establish my covenant with you. I will show you the bow in the sky as a promise. How beautiful to see the rainbow. How wonderful it is . Today science explains how it is that light is dispersed through the water droplets for a person to see the rain bow.

How many times we see the rainbow? Do we remember the promises of God in our lives? Do we remember that God will heal us, sustain us, give us his blessing more than we ask or think?  Do we remember the times that we have been saved from danger?

Thank you Lord. for His wonderful blessings in our lives. Thank you for the healing that you work in our lives. Thank you for the wonderful care you have for us. Thank you for helping us find the purspose of our lives. May Your name be glorified in our lives. Father forgive us our sins , Heal the broken hearted. May there be abundance in our live.

Amen.

Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus, Thank you Lord for Loving me.

The Covenant after the fall

The Covenant after the fall

Genesis ch 3 vs  14-15 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16   Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17   And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Adam ate of the fruit that was forbidden, and when God came he hid himself. The first covenant was filled with fruits, multiplication and domination. Well all that changed when Adam sinned. God has a new relationship with the serpent, Eve and Adam. Let us look into that.

A – To the Serpent

Genesis ch 3 vs  14-15 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

• Serpent is a cursed animal. Today also we all think bad about a serpent. From the passage above, it seems that the serpent was a beautiful animal and only after the curse was it made to move on its belly. It has become the most hated animal.
• Enemity between the seeds. This is referring to Satan. The birth of Jesus is seen here when we read “her seed” mentioning virgin birth. When Jesus rose up from the dead , Satan was bruised on his head. Jesus became Lord over all things. Refer to Romans 16:20, where the same is mentioned God of peace shall bruise Satan.

This was the plan of God to redeem the people after the fall. The prophecy of the coming Messiah.

B – To the Woman

Genesis ch  3vs  16  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

• Childbirth is painful. We don’t have to mention the pain a woman undergoes during childbirth.
• In sorrow you will bring children
• Ruled over by the husband.

C – To Adam

Genesis ch  3vs  17-19   And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

•  The ground is cursed. Till now he did not have to toil hard for the fruits etc. Now as the land is cursed, there will be thorns and thistles growing among the land.
• You shall sweat when you work .  When God created man on the last day, after completing all the other creations. Immediately after the creation of man. God rested Not because He was tired. It was because everything that man needed was already done. God placed him in the garden and said take care of it. God did not tell him to plow the land etc. The work given to man was simple only to take care. But look what happens at the fall. He is made to sweat for the food that he has to eat.  Hard labour was enforced on man. .
• All the days of life man has to work. Oh what a fall from just taking care to working hard not just for a few days but all the days that man has to live.
• Death  both physical and spiritual. Spiritual death  - he lost the connection with God. The time that he could just speak to God. He had to hide himself from God.   Physical death- to the dust you will return. I am presuming that initially God did not plan for man to die but to live eternally
• This also shows that our bodies will decay and have problems. Physical ailments etc  will happen to our body.

I am not sure how many of us actually feel the curse, the pain  when we commit Sin.  We feel so alienated from God when we commit sin. God in his rich mercy will forgive us our iniquities and wash and cleanse us from our sins. The Sin nature is within all of us starting from the time Adam sinned. That is why Jesus had to be born by virgin birth. But he lived tempted like us in every way, but did not fall into sin.  

I pray that as you read this May God bless you and forgive you. He loves you so much that He gave us His Son Jesus to bear our sins, our pain. When on that cross he lay bleeding, being ripped apart with the chords when the soldiers beat him up , He bled and died for us. May it give you peace and joy as He bore my pain and sickness to take away the curse which was on Adam. I know that His grade is sufficient for me. 

Be blessed 

(  Next topic - The covenant with Noah) 

Adamic Covenant - Part 1

Covenant – God’s Relationship with Man

A covenant as per dictionary is simply a signed written agreement between two or more parties to perform some action. Usually there will be an introduction of the person initiating the agreement and then the obligations between the two people and also the consequences when this agreement is broken.

The Covenant is how God has chosen to communicate with us.  Bible is THE covenant document for us Christians. The Bible consists of the New and the Old covenants. The Bible is an account of God’s action on this world. To say it more correctly, it is an account of what God has promised for His children in this world. It is a lovely covenant document which has a bountiful promise full of Abundance, Mercy and Grace. It has a list of obligations between God and man and the rewards and punishments that follow when we keep or break the covenant.

As we read through the Bible we can see that at difference stages God had made specific covenants with His people. Right from Adam to the time of Jesus and the new covenant under which we are now living.

Let us start with the First Covenant. The First Covenant came into being when God created the World.

Genesis 1:vs 26-28 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.  “

The following is the list of things we see here. 

A – Let us make Man in our Image

The first 5 days of creation are different from the creation of the sixth day. In the first 5 days we see a number of times that God spoke and it came to pass However He did not look at the dust and say let there be Man. H Instead he formed us in His image. There itself there is a big difference between what was created on the first 5 days and the sixth day. We are made to look, speak, hear, feel, and even think like God.

B – Be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth

In His likeness and image we are commanded to be fruitful in all that we do, whatever be our work, talent, etc be fruitful, multiply this is something I like, God did not say add, he said multiply. Which will give us more results adding two numbers or multiplying the same? Like wise multiply. Fill the earth. Don’t worry God has provided for all of us and more in this earth.

C – Subdue it and have dominion over it

 Rule over all things in this world, have dominion over all. Mathew Henry’s concise commentary states the even though Man was created out of the same dust like other creatures, Man was made different. God forbid that he indulge in its desires instead to have dominion over it. Bring the creation in to submission. Dominion means rule like a king over the world

 D – Put him in the garden to tend it

Gen 2 vs15-17 “And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

God took man and put him in the garden to tend it and keep it. How do we tend to things, we tend to our children, our parents etc. Like wise tend the garden, take care of the garden. Protect the garden from danger. Take charge of the garden and Keep it clean and neat as a place to have fellowship with God.

 

E – Do not eat of the tree of knowledge

Right throughout God has been asking Man to do things this is the only condition laid down in this agreement. Do not eat of the tree. Why? Man was given the freedom to choose to eat what he liked, by disobeying God he was to loose eternal life. If you eat it you will die so it implies that he would loose eternal life

This Adamic covenant failed when Adam sinned.  God had to make a new covenant after the fall of man.          

                                                   In part 2 of this we will look at the new covenant God had with Adam.

            

    God bless- Be fruitful , multiply and subdue, Have dominion.

                                                                                      

 

Can we have this kind of obedience and faith as Abraham did?

     Genesis 22 vs 1-2   “And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. “

This is the greatest test a man can be given. Just imagine yourself to be without money. Then a rich man calls you and gives you a bag full of gold. You are happy. One fine day he comes and tells you that you need to return it to him back the next day. What will be your reaction? What will we do?

As a normal human being we will first ask him why, Then we will ask him whether we can give back a little , then it is bargaining and pleading and kneeling on the ground. Oh boy what all we will do. Think about it.

Now let us look at Abraham. After God asked him to sacrifice Issac, vs 4 says Abraham, got up early in the morning .Let us stop here. Will we get up so early and go to give back our loan? I am sure all of us will find some reason to go late. In this case it is his Only Son.  He gets up saddles his horses and took two men and went to the place. If we have to get up early and leave for a journey , we will all pack our belongings the previous night and if you are like me even pack it into the vehicle and be ready. Here Abraham does the same thing. Does he have any regret that God has asked for his only son? He just Obeys God.

I am sure he did not have any fear, Else he would not have got up early and left. He trusted His God. God had promised him that his seed would increase through Isaac, so he had nothing to worry. In Full Faith in God, he just went about his day like any other day. No worries, no tension just the promise that tomorrow is a better day

He walks out early morning, travels to the base of the mountain. Listen carefully to what Abraham says to his servants in vs5, Wait here while the lad and I will go up to the mountain and WE will come back. How I like this. WE WILL COME BACK, Did he know that Issac will not be sacrificed? Yes surely. How much of trust in God did Abraham have?  I also like vs 7, where Isaac asks Abraham, Where is the lamb for the sacrifice? Abraham replies the Lord will provide. I am sure as a young lad of 13 years, Isaac would have doubted his dad. Did he or did the faith of his father Abraham rub off on him. I am sure it did as he did not question his dad further but just goes along.

On top of the mountain, Abraham sets up the altar and asks Isaac to lie down, Did he cry when he laid his son on the altar? Did he ask God why? No, definitely no. He obeyed the word of God.

Just then God spoke and said look behind you for a lamb is there. The lamb must have also journeyed a couple of days to reach the mountain and get entangled in the bush. How wonderful is God’s provision. He sent the lamb ahead of time. God will meet all our provisions ahead of our needs, the condition for this is that we should Obey HIM, Trust HIM and willingly do what HE asks us to do.

Can we do it?  Willingly, Trustingly putting all our Faith on HIM who provides for all our needs, Our Jehovah Jireh, is our Wonderful Provider.     God Bless you .     Keep trusting HIM.

The Carnal plan for children

The Carnal plan for children

     Genesis 16 vs 1-   “And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. “

In Genesis 12, vs 2-3 we read about the promise of a great nation coming from the lineage of Abram. Yet at around 80 years of age Abram still did not have a child. Sarai, did not hear the word of God, She had her own plans for a child. As we read further we know that she asked Abram to have a child through her maid servant.

This was the custom on those days so that you could have an heir to keep your lineage. The maid servant who bore the child will still be treated as a slave, but the child will become heir.  

Let us look at what all happens because of the unbelief of Sarai.

1 She gives her maid servant as a concubine to Abram.

2 She becomes jealous “her mistress was despised in her eyes” is what the bible says. – to regard with comtempt or dislike.   Was it Hagar who asked for being a concubine?  No. When we are jealous or we dislike someone  we harbour that hatred in us and we end up not behaving properly. The bible says if we hate another it is as good as committing murder.

3 She begins to mistreat Hagar so much so that Hagar runs away from the mistress.

The Lord comes to the rescue of Hagar and asks her to return and be in submission to her mistress and the God still blesses this seed of Abram too and promises that Ishmael also will become a big nation.

Later on we read that when Isaac was born, Ishmael mocked him, and this time Sarah, threw them out of the house. 

Let us learn to be patient for GOD to work His Works in our lives. Let us live to understand His meaning in our lives.

God bless you.

Abram- Belief and fear

Abram- Belief and fear

Genesis 15 vs 1   “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”

Abram was given the promise of becoming a big nation. Yet we see in Genesis 14 vs 2 onwards  " Don’t you see I am childless". This is in response to the vision that he has where God says that I am thy shield and great reward. If you interpret this in modern language Don't you see that this is not possible for me to accomplish"

How many times we have doubted ourselves? It is very true that we should be like little children. The innocence of children is exemplified when we ask them to jump off a table or chair and we will catch them. They don’t wait and think , oh what if my dad will not hold me, what will happen if I slip through his hands.  The child knows by experience that you will hold him  and all that he needs to do is jump into the safe hands of the father. 

If we as earthly fathers can be a shield to our children, how much more should we be as children to the Lord Jesus. He is our Sheild and Reward. Are we looking for our own reward or are we looking for the reward which our heavenly father will give us?

Reading on from vs 5,God brings Abram out and says look and count the stars, as many as the stars are up above so shall your seed be. What an awesome promise? So shall our reward be .

What is our role for this reward.? 

1 Understand the word of God

2 Believe on the word of God.

3 Wait on the word of God.

Are we willing to do this for the Reward.  My Friend He has promised GREAT THINGS for us His Children. God bless you .

The faith of Abraham

The faith of Abraham

       Genesis 12 vs 1-3  “ Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee:   And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shall  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”

 The first mention of Abram in the bible is Gen 11:27. Abram was born to Terah. Terah moved with Abram and his family to the land of Cannan. Then one day God spoke to Abram and told him to leave his father’s house, territory and move to a new land. (Gen 12:1).

 Abram moved with his family and belongings immediately. How many of us will do this act of faith. We always think twice thrice, get a hundred opinions from our relative and friends. Many of us will go through this dilemma when we switch jobs, when we say yes to marry. Did we rely on the wisdom of God? Did we ask God for his Guidance?

Why did Abram do it? There was a promise attached to the call. God says I WILL

make of thee a great nation. In verses 2 &3 the words I WILL is mentioned three times. Jehovah Jireh – The God who provides for us. Abram believed blindly on this promise. The next verse says So Abram departed to a new land when he was 75 years old. What confidence in the promise of God.

Can we have faith like Abram, and respond blindly to GOD. Trusting completely in HIS care of us?

Can we believe that He will meet all our needs and He will provide all for us?

God love us and care for us. God bless you .