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Thursday, May 18, 2006

I am thy shield...

In Genesis 15:6, after God had told Abram that he would have many generations of subsequent family through his seed and that God was His exceedingly great reward, Abram believed in the Lord and God counted it to him for righteousness.

This is so very important to us as Christians...ours is not a life of "working" to attain righteousness or even "working" to keep our righteousness, rather is a walk in life of continually believing God for His promises, walking in fellowship and closeness with Him, and trusting Him to work out the difficulties in our lives. Even as God was Abram's exceeding great reward, He is ours as well -- do we see that?

Do we see the necessity of trusting God for our entire lives? We, as Christians, are to walk by faith, not by sight (2Cor 5:7). Therefore, we are to not to take our life into our own hands to direct our own path and fix our own problems...rather we are to cling to our reward, Jesus, and trust Him and believe Him and it will be counted as righteousness to each one of us, as well.

Habbakuk 2:4 tells us the just shall live by faith. Ephesians 2:8 tells us we are saved by faith. Ultimately, Jesus became sin for us that we might be the righteousness of God in Him -- "in Him" meaning that we have received Him into our lives as our Lord and Saviour and trust and believe in Him for our salvation.

Pray with me that we see God as our own exceeding great reward...

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Genesis 15:1-6 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD [came] unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

posted by Pastor Jim @ 7:52 AM

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