- Genesis 17 Daily DEVO No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. Genesis 17:5 – God is all about changing us. Understand the changing isn’t because He’s upset or disappointed in you because of how you are and unless He changes you He can’t stand to be around you. That’s not how God sees you at all. Like with Abraham, God loves you and wants the best for you. God though also knows that in order for us to have the best, some things in our life will have to change. The ways you see yourself, the way you live, the way you handle others, all are on the table for change. God takes you as you are, but know He loves you enough to not leave you that way. The changes God is leading you to make in your life aren’t because He can’t stand you, it’s because He knows what’s best for you and He longs for you to have that. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 497
- When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him. Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Genesis 17:22-24 – God established a covenant with Abraham. The moment that God was done speaking with Abraham, that’s the moment Abraham began the process of keeping his end of the covenant. As painful and uncomfortable as it may have been, he didn’t wait or put it off, he immediately followed what God had spoken. For us, let’s follow immediately as well. Most of the biggest regrets we’ll have in our story is when we hold off on moving forward with the directions God gives us. When told to forgive yet we don’t. When told to share the gospel but we choose not to. When told to get to know God more through His word but we don’t. We say we’ll eventually get to it, but within that eventually who knows what may happen. Don’t hesitate any longer to do what God has told you to do. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1821
- That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. Genesis 17:26 – The Lord appeared to Abraham, and the conversation that took place was truly wonderful. The Lord repeated the promise He had made with Abraham, that He would bring a multitude from him. That kings would come from his family and this promise would be an eternal one. Abraham then would be told that on his part he was to be faithful in what the Lord commanded. What then was the command of the Lord? That every male in Abraham’s house ought to be circumcised to show their separation from the world and their obedience to the Lord. What then did Abraham do when given this command? As we see in our verse above, that very day he was circumcised. He was 99 years old as well! We must be willing to have such an obedience to the Lord as this. That whatever the Lord commands, we will follow. It may be difficult to do, and we may have logical excuses not to follow it, but we will choose to set aside our excuses and set aside ease to follow the Lord’s command. For we have chosen not to declare Jesus just our Savior from our sin, but also the Lord over our life. How quickly then are you to submitting to commands given that aren’t easy to follow? Assess where you are with that today, bring that before the Lord, and make a step today toward a deeper commitment to following the Lord’s lead wherever that direction takes you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2823
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