All The Land That you See I Will Give To You And Your Offspring Forever! (An Inheritance)70 [Gen 13:10-18] / Anne's Faith Column

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All The Land That you See  I Will

Give To You And Your Offspring

Forever! (An Inheritance)70

[Gen 13:10-18]

/ Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/  By Priscilla

 

 

"Lot looked up and saw that

the whole plain of the Jordan

was well watered,

 

 

 

like the garden of the LORD,

like the land of Egypt,

toward Zoar.

 

 

 

(This was before the LORD

destroyed Sodom and

Gomorrah.)

 

 

 

 So Lot chose for himself

the whole plain of the Jordan

and set out toward the east.

 

 

 

The two men parted company:

Abram lived in the land of Canaan,

while Lot lived among the cities

of the plain and pitched

his tents near Sodom.

 

 

 

Now the men of Sodom

were wicked and were

sinning greatly against

the LORD.

 

 

 

The LORD said to Abram

after Lot had parted from him,

 

 

 

"Lift up your eyes from where

you are and look north and

south, east and west.

 

 

 

 All the land that you see

I will give to you and

your offspring forever.

 

 

 

 I will make your offspring

like the dust of the earth,

 

 

 

so that if anyone could

count the dust, then your

   offspring could be counted.

 

 

 

Go, walk through the length

and breadth of the land,

  for I am giving it to you."

 

 

 

So Abram moved his tents

and went to live near

the great trees of Mamre

at Hebron, where he built

an altar to the LORD."

(Gen 13:1-18)

 

 

 

When God chooses humans,

he never looks at their 

appearance.

 

 

When we

are obedient to God,

and when we realize and 

confess our sins and 

transgressions,

 

 

 

as far as the east is

from the west,

 

 

 

so far has he removed our

transgressions from us, and

he's willing to forgive us.

 

 

 

Since God is love itself,

He set the example through

Him Himself.

 

 

 

With a sinful nature, we find

comfort in such love.

  

 

 

Abram decided to separate

his nephew from him when

unwanted quarrels had

broken out between

Lot's herdsmen

and Abram's.

 

 

 

He showed the virtue

of doing good and yielding

to his nephew Lot to choose

the best thing first.

 

 

 

Lot chose to go to Sodom,

but he never knew it would

be the wicked city.

 

 

 

The LORD made a covenant

with Abram after Lot had

parted from him,

and said to him, 

 

 

 

"Lift up your eyes from

where you are and look north

and south, east and west."

 

 

 

"All the land that you see

I will give to you and your

offspring forever."

 

 

 

"The LORD said to Abram

after Lot had parted from him,

 

 

 

"Lift up your eyes from

where you are and look

north and south, east and west. 

 

 

 

All the land that you see

I will give to you and your

offspring forever.

 

 

 

I will make your offspring

like the dust of the earth,

 

 

 

so that if anyone could

count the dust, then your

offspring could be counted.

 

 

 

Go, walk through the length

and breadth of the land,

for I am giving it to you."

(Gen 13:14-17)

 

 

 

The scriptures above

are appropriate words of

grace given to us in such

 a difficult time today.

 

 

 

God sees our obedience

and opens the door to the

 environment for each of us!

 

 

 

We know that God's time

(Kairos) will come true

when the word is fulfilled.

 

 

 

Many hours of training

enable us to experience

that He is our good God

 

 

 

who sees and examines

 our patience and

dedication. 

 

 

 

Until that time comes,

we should exalt and

 praise Him each day.

 

 

 

Now, like Abraham,

the father of faith, who

followed God with

 only obedient faith,

 

 

 

we should look forward

to the invisible world

 with hope in Him.

 

 

 

In this moment, God wants

each of us to grow the

faith in Him.

 

 

 

The Lord really wants

the same grace to come

to each of us, so he said,

 

 

 

  'I will show you in love.' 

 

 

 

The covenant God made

with Abraham was a hope

that would come true

someday.

 

 

 

Against all hope, Abraham 

in hope believed and so 

became the father of faith.

 

 

 

God said,

 

 

"All the land that you see

I will give to you and your

offspring forever."

 

 

 

Where on earth is the visible

land in our current situation?

 

 

 

What should we do in order to

discern the wonderful will

of the Lord?

 

 

 

1) We must believe that

the will of God  who has ordained

us to do will surely come true,

 

 

 

and we must work hard to

accomplish His will doing our best.

 

 

 

2) In our religious life, like Abraham,

the father of faith, each of us

must become a person who

is willing to yield to others

in the Holy Spirit.

 

 

 

Prayer

 

 

 

Lord!

 

 

 

Since You give the best

of the best to each of us

at the right time, we advance

with hope and faith in You.

 

 

 

Lord!

 

 

 

You make each of us

in hope you grant us,

against all hope. 

 

 

 

Praise you the Lord for

allowing us to live positively

without feeling human defeat,

 

 

 

with pride as children of God

who can receive an inheritance

that He will give us even

in the most difficult reality.

 

 

 

 

Amen

 

 

 

2010/03/15

 

 

/ By Priscilla