But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can You give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”        Genesis 15:2 NIV

Abram has one request that lays heavily on his heart! Could the Lord fill that? In the intimacy of the moment, he simply poured out what was in his heart into the ear of his Almighty Friend. The Lord said, “Get up and come outside with me and look up to the night sky.” There the Lord gives Abram the promise. This is a great promise, out of the greatness of the Lord’s heart. It must surely have reassured and encouraged Abram. Each night to come, until the promise was fulfilled, he could look up into the starlit heavens and remind himself of the promise God had made. There is something of great interest here. The last time God had spoken to Abram about the birth of a son, He had promised him He would make his descendants like the dust of the earth. Now the promise is that they shall be like the stars of the heaven in multitude. Many Bible scholars have seen in this an inference that Abram would have two lines of descendants: an earthly seed and a heavenly one. The earthly seed would be the nation Israel, along with the Ishmaelite (Arabian) nations. But there would also be a heavenly or spiritual seed. That “Seed,” we are told in the book of Galatians, was Christ and all those who through faith in Him would be called the sons/daughters of God (See Galatians 3:7). As we look back over the time, we can see how the Lord has fulfilled these promises to the letter.

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord, thank You, through our faith in Jesus, we are Your children.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord, through our faith in Your Son, our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, we have become Your children, and shown us how You have kept Your promise, which You gave to Abraham. AMEN

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)

Ecclesiastes 1:2-18

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