Week 30, Day 5: The Covenant with Abram

Today’s Reading:  Genesis 15:1-21

Some thoughts from the reading…

God speaks to Abram and promises to reward him greatly.   Abram asks how God will reward him since he has no heir to inherit the things he owns.  God promises him an heir from his own body.  He will have a son who would inherit his possessions.  God tells Abram to count the stars if he can, thus his descendants shall be numerous and uncountable.   Abram believes God.  This sounds simple enough but put yourself in the shoes of Abram.  You are beginning to approach 100 and the Lord tells you that you will have a child, hard to believe it is possible.  I wonder how much Abram knew of God.  We often are so blessed to have scripture to look back on and gain strength from for our faith.  Abram did not have those past accounts of God’s faithfulness to count on.  And yet Abram had great faith and believed what God told him. 

God tells Abram he will also inherit the land and possess it.  Abram ask how he can know he will possess the land.  God tells him to get two animals and bring them.  God is telling him that He will enter into a covenant with Abram to do as He has promised.  Cutting the animals in half and passing between the two pieces was apparently the method they used to enter into a covenant.  After Abram cuts the animals in half he waits.  After it is dark a flaming torch passes between the halves of the animals.  Thus God entered into a covenant with Abram to give his descendants the land.

Great is God’s faithfulness.  He did what He promised to Abram and delivered the land to Abram’s descendants.

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