Abraham Asks about his Heirs (Gen. 15:2-3)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 06-08-2006

My Worship Time                                                               Focus:  Asking about his Heirs

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  Genesis 15:2-3

            Message of the verse:  “2 Abram said, ‘O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?’3 And Abram said, ‘Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir.’”

           

            In answer to the statement that God had made to Abraham in verse one concerning the blessings that he was going to give him, Abraham then asked Lord about his heir, which was promised to him in an earlier statement by the Lord in Genesis 13:16:  “I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.”  There had been a number of years which had passed since that promise had been given and Abraham must had grown impatient with God, yet I think that he still believed the promise.  It has been written that “God’s will must be fulfilled in God’s way, and in God’s time,” and Abraham was learning this lesson.  Abraham was also learning something that a distant and far off relative wrote sometime after the death of the Messiah, “casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you,” which comes from 1 Peter 5:7.

           

            Eliezer would not become the heir of Abrahams family, for God would soon give Abraham and Sarah a child, but when this child would be born to them it would be at a time when they would realize that it was all of God’s doing and none of theirs for they would both be so old that without a miracle from God childbirth would be impossible.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  A couple of things were noticeable to me as I read this passage and the commentary from Dr. Wiersbe which seem to fit into the situations that I am going through at this time and the first one is that I can do as Peter directed to do by casting all of my cares upon Him for I know that He does care for me.  I can also believe that the timing of the financial problem that Sandy and I are going through will be taken care of in God’s time and in God’s way and that does not mean that I am saying that God will restore all of the money that is owed to me back to me, but God will take care of me and do what is best for me in order to conform me to the image of His dear Son, and also to bring honor and glory to Himself, and to bring blessings to me.

The Word of God has been a blessing to my heart and also a challenge to my heart as I read and studied it this morning.

My Steps of Faith Today:  Trust the Lord to work out all of the challenges that are in my life today and have been in my life since April of 2003, as the first challenge came into my life at that time.  Trust the Lord to give me the grace I need for this day, and to continue to teach me contentment.