Day Two:
Gen 15:1-6 After these events, the word of
the LORD came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield;
your reward will be very great. But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what can You give
me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Abram continued, “Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my
house will be my heir.” Now the word of the LORD came to him: “This one will
not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are
able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that
[numerous].” Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as
righteousness.
IT’S FRIDAY NIGHT and you and a few friends decide to head
to a local restaurant to eat. After being seated, a waiter comes by the table
to take food and drink orders. Each of you order something different, and wait
with anticipation as the server heads to the back to deliver your order to the
kitchen.
Think about this process for a minute.
You walk into a restaurant and are complete strangers to everyone working
there. They let you order anything you want off of the menu, and never once
make you open your wallet and verify that you can pay for items you order. The
cooks immediately start to prepare your food based on nothing but an implicit
promise that once you finish your meal, you will pay for your food.
Why does a restaurant do this? Why do
they let you order anything on the mere promise to pay? They do this because
they have seen time after time after time that when someone orders food, they
stand by their word and pay for their meal. In reality, the food industry’s
entire business model is built upon trusting costumers to pay for the food they
order.
If a huge industry can be built upon trusting
the promises of sinful men and women, why do we have such a hard time trusting
the promises of God? Genesis 15 tells us about just one of the hundreds of
promises that God makes to His people throughout the Bible. And in every single
instance, God kept His promise. For us to truly be changed by the Gospel, we
must be willing to fully trust in the promises of God.
PAUSE AND REFLECT
▷▷What are some of the promises of God?
▷▷Why is it sometimes more difficult to trust in the promises of
God than the promises of man? Which has failed you more often?
▷▷What in your life needs to change to
display that you do trust His promises?
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