- Genesis 12 Daily DEVO And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. Genesis 12:2 – God blesses us so that we can be a blessing to others. See for Abram in our passage, God chose to bless him so that through Abram the rest of the world could be blessed as well. For us, God chose to bless us with the amazing gift of eternal life through Jesus. For those of us who have accepted that blessing, we’re called to be a blessing to others by sharing the good news that they to can have this blessing of life like we have received. Allow God to use your life as a means of blessing others. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 492
- Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 – Sometimes God’s call is an exodus from slavery, yet other times it’s an exodus from the comfortable. A couple weeks ago I taught at church on when the Israelites were freed from Egyptian slavery. While yes, still filled with its own difficulties, the path was leading away from pain into promise. What God may do though is call you from one promise to an unknown. While we know God plans for us are good and wherever He is leading us is best, stepping away from a comfortable promise isn’t easy. How then do take that first step away from the promise you’re currently in? By faith. No, you may not know what’s next in your story and you possibly may not even know yet why you’re being called away from something you see as good. God though has proven Himself trustworthy in direction giving and proven Himself as one who never skimps on the quality of what He blesses us with. Take that step out of the comfortable onto the path into the unknown all by faith. We can lean on the promises of God that those who faithfully follow Him will never regret that choice. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1816
- Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. Genesis 12:10 – Something special about this chapter is all the things God promised Abraham that He would do in his life. God promises to make Abraham into a great nation and that He would bless Abraham. God showed Abraham the land that He would give to Abraham’s offspring and told Abraham that he would be a blessing to all the earth. These are some incredible promises that Abraham had been given by the Lord, showing that until God’s promises unfolded that Abraham would be safe. Yet, when famine struck the land, do we see Abraham turning to the Lord? When there was fear for his life in Egypt concerning Sarah’s beauty, did he turn to the Lord? No, both times he turned to something else, first a pagan country then to deception to save him. How often though can we find ourselves having the wonderous promises of God in front of us, yet we turn to something else other than the Lord for help when “famine” strikes our life? I would encourage you today to look into the many promises that God has given to His followers within scripture. These are words that you can take hold of and lean upon, especially when the famines of life arise. God will not leave you, God sees every hair on your head, and nothing will separate you from His love. You are His heir, His adopted child, and a holy priest in His kingdom, all if you have placed your faith in Jesus. If then we are such to the Lord, and if we have such promises being made to us from the Lord that we see in scripture, why would we ever turn to something other than Him in our time of need? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2818
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