if you've been to the beach,
you'd know how tiny a single grain of sand is.
if you've held a grip of sand in your hands,
you'd grasp how infinite amount of single grain it takes
to make up the beach you are standing on.
and remember... this is not the only beach that exists on this Earth.
now, if you've pictured all this,
you can imagine
how grand of a covenant God made with Abraham.
Father of all nations, Abraham was blessed with a covenant
that God himself will surely bless him and make all his descendants
as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore.
stars in the sky are a different story, but to focus on the sand...
to count your blessings as much as the sand on the seashore!
imagine that!
Abraham was a man of Faith.
but he wasn't perfect.
from what i know, his father was an idol maker.
time back then, you do what your dad used to do.
Abraham worked as a idol maker.
but he is the father of Faith, not because he is great,
but because God had called him to be faithful.
who are you?
what type of person are you?
but does that matter?
what matters is not the above,
but who God calls you to be,
how you will obey His calling.
when God called him out of Ur to go to the land unknown,
Abraham obeyed.
imagine... if God tells you right now to move out of your comfort zone
but doesn't tell you a destination to go to,
what would your reaction be?
would you do it?
well, this man...
he obeyed.
God always commands people to emigrate if He wants to use you.
it's clearly shown in
Moses... when God called him to lead Israelites out of Egypt,
and delivered them to the Promise Land;
Joseph... when he was sold by his own brothers as a slave, spent time in jail as a prisoner,
and became the highest official to rule Egypt;
and
Abraham... when God called him out of Ur, his hometown for making idols,
and made him father of all nations.
[Hebrews 11:8]
when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,
obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
if you are in a life turmoil right now, out of the comfort zone,
be glad.
God is moving you
God is preparing you
and He is using you.
Abraham left, as the Lord had told him to.
Abraham waited.
God promised him descendants.
but until he was 100, he didn't have any son.
God had promised when he was 75.
for 25 years... Abraham patiently waited.
for an old man.... waiting for a son...
25 years is probably like 10,000 years.
but, Abraham, did not doubt.
he persevered.
Ultimately, God blessed Abraham because of his faith.
The product of his faith was demonstrated in the 2 things Abraham did,
that i have difficulty doing...
He had obeyed and persevered.
[Hebrews 6:14-15]
14saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."
15And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
i pray & hope that you and i both reap the blessings Gods is to pour unto our lives
by obeying and persevering without haste.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you
and make your descendants
as numerous as the stars in the sky
and as the sand on the seashore.
you'd know how tiny a single grain of sand is.
if you've held a grip of sand in your hands,
you'd grasp how infinite amount of single grain it takes
to make up the beach you are standing on.
and remember... this is not the only beach that exists on this Earth.
now, if you've pictured all this,
you can imagine
how grand of a covenant God made with Abraham.
Father of all nations, Abraham was blessed with a covenant
that God himself will surely bless him and make all his descendants
as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore.
stars in the sky are a different story, but to focus on the sand...
to count your blessings as much as the sand on the seashore!
imagine that!
Abraham was a man of Faith.
but he wasn't perfect.
from what i know, his father was an idol maker.
time back then, you do what your dad used to do.
Abraham worked as a idol maker.
but he is the father of Faith, not because he is great,
but because God had called him to be faithful.
who are you?
what type of person are you?
but does that matter?
what matters is not the above,
but who God calls you to be,
how you will obey His calling.
when God called him out of Ur to go to the land unknown,
Abraham obeyed.
imagine... if God tells you right now to move out of your comfort zone
but doesn't tell you a destination to go to,
what would your reaction be?
would you do it?
well, this man...
he obeyed.
God always commands people to emigrate if He wants to use you.
it's clearly shown in
Moses... when God called him to lead Israelites out of Egypt,
and delivered them to the Promise Land;
Joseph... when he was sold by his own brothers as a slave, spent time in jail as a prisoner,
and became the highest official to rule Egypt;
and
Abraham... when God called him out of Ur, his hometown for making idols,
and made him father of all nations.
[Hebrews 11:8]
8By faith Abraham,
when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,
obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
if you are in a life turmoil right now, out of the comfort zone,
be glad.
God is moving you
God is preparing you
and He is using you.
Abraham left, as the Lord had told him to.
Abraham waited.
God promised him descendants.
but until he was 100, he didn't have any son.
God had promised when he was 75.
for 25 years... Abraham patiently waited.
for an old man.... waiting for a son...
25 years is probably like 10,000 years.
but, Abraham, did not doubt.
he persevered.
Ultimately, God blessed Abraham because of his faith.
The product of his faith was demonstrated in the 2 things Abraham did,
that i have difficulty doing...
He had obeyed and persevered.
[Hebrews 6:14-15]
14saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."
15And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
i pray & hope that you and i both reap the blessings Gods is to pour unto our lives
by obeying and persevering without haste.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you
and make your descendants
as numerous as the stars in the sky
and as the sand on the seashore.
