The Final lessons in these 5 lessons is:
God Blessed when Abraham trusted.
Genesis 22:15 – 18 – Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
Because Abrahams trusted God for the provision, God provided abundantly. God just did not bless Abraham a little but he blessed his socks off. Have you ever met those people that God just seems to bless them around every turn? I would say that most likely they are people who are trusting God with radical obedience.
Abraham was blessed by God in the present and in the future. Keep that in mind, because there might be those times when you are faithful and the blessing do not seem to be right on the heels of your faithfulness. God gave a might blessing but there was plenty of obedience required to get to that point. God may choose to bless earlier here on Earth but the real blessings come when that day we reach heaven. We need to be storing up our treasures in heaven as Jesus tells us.
Are you trusting and being blessed beyond measure? Trust God and Store up those treasures in heaven!
When you are done reading this today I want you to remember the 5 lessons from Abraham that we looked at this week:
1. God calls you by name so be listening and respond.
2. God has given us instructions and so we need to be obedient to them regardless of how much information we are given.
3. Trust God for any and all results
4. God provides when we trust.
5. God will bless when we trust.
We need to be placing our trust in God and live it out in obedience and he will take care of us.
What do you think about all this?
Great series Jim, funny I was just preaching this same thing through the life of Abraham, and it really blessed me. One thought that kept coming back to me…”this guy was practically dead, but…he believed God, saw the miraculous and now through that which was practically dead many have been given life.”
Just love the way God does things!
Thanks Artie – I too love the way God does thing! Thanks for reading and commenting.
I think you did an excellent job in this series.
Thanks Michael.
“Abraham was blessed by God in the present and in the future. Keep that in mind, because there might be those times when you are faithful and the blessing do not seem to be right on the heels of your faithfulness.”
Wow Jim, I needed to hear this today.
I thank God that he would use what I write to encourage you my friend!
Great series and focus on lessons we need to apply in our lives. It really does all come down to trusting enough to obey.
Thanks and Amen Dusty!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us Jim. So many great lessons.
Trust is huge. I need the reminder to trust God with my desires. He knows them, hears me, and ultimately He knows whats best for me.
“God may choose to bless earlier here on Earth but the real blessings come when that day we reach heaven. We need to be storing up our treasures in heaven as Jesus tells us.”
The blessing of God from heaven start with this life. We have the assurance of the afterlife here, if God gives us a little portion from Heaven. And here I speak not of materialities.
God bless