Week 30, Day 3: The split
Today’s Reading: Genesis 13:1-18
Some thoughts from the reading…
Abram and Lot return to the land of Canaan from Egypt. We are told that Abram was very rich in livestock, gold and silver. The Lord has been blessing him richly already. Remember though that Sarai is barren and so they do not have any children yet. Lot also has much livestock and here enters the trouble. They both have so much that the land cannot sustain both of them while they live together. Their herdsmen are stepping on each other and it begins to cause strife. So they split up. Abram shows his goodness by offering Lot his pick of the land. Wherever Lot goes Abram will go elsewhere. This is very selfless of Abram.
After the split God tells Abram that all he sees will be given to his descendants. Again, this is told to Abram while he has no children and is well over 75 years old. Even in that time children were typically born well before this age. Think of the faith that was required of Abram. That while being told these promises to not doubt but believe God will do just as He says. Abram may not have yet understood how it would all happen but he believed God would cause it to be.
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