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Monday December 16
"Abraham 'believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.'" Galatians 3:6 NKJV
We think of Abraham with a halo. Hardly. Not once, but twice he throws his wife under the bus. As they traveled through Egypt, Abram says to Sarai, "You're a beautiful woman; I'm afraid the Egyptians will wants to kill me so someone can have you for a wife, so let's tell them you're my sister" (See Ge 12:11-13). Pharaoh does take Sarai into his harem--giving Abram, her "brother," a bunch of sheep, cattle, donkeys, servants, and camels. Rather than feeling guilty and coming clean, Abram simply says, "Thank you very much." And if you think that's bad, when Abraham and Sarah are in the Negev later on, recorded in Genesis 20, he does the whole "she's my sister" routine a second time. Why doesn't God just give up on him? Because Abraham doesn't give up on God! Abraham eventually reached the place in his walk with God where his résumé reads: "Who contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, 'So shall your descendants be.' And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not water at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform" (Ro 4:18-21 NKJV). Note the words "strengthened in faith." God's plan is not to discard you, but to develop your faith and sue you to bring glory to His name.
Monday December 16
"Abraham 'believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.'" Galatians 3:6 NKJV
We think of Abraham with a halo. Hardly. Not once, but twice he throws his wife under the bus. As they traveled through Egypt, Abram says to Sarai, "You're a beautiful woman; I'm afraid the Egyptians will wants to kill me so someone can have you for a wife, so let's tell them you're my sister" (See Ge 12:11-13). Pharaoh does take Sarai into his harem--giving Abram, her "brother," a bunch of sheep, cattle, donkeys, servants, and camels. Rather than feeling guilty and coming clean, Abram simply says, "Thank you very much." And if you think that's bad, when Abraham and Sarah are in the Negev later on, recorded in Genesis 20, he does the whole "she's my sister" routine a second time. Why doesn't God just give up on him? Because Abraham doesn't give up on God! Abraham eventually reached the place in his walk with God where his résumé reads: "Who contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, 'So shall your descendants be.' And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not water at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform" (Ro 4:18-21 NKJV). Note the words "strengthened in faith." God's plan is not to discard you, but to develop your faith and sue you to bring glory to His name.
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