“Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again.” Genesis 20:17 NIV
Even though Abraham is clearly out of the Lord’s will at this time in his life, he is still enjoying the Lord’s blessings! That may mess up our theology, but it is still true! You see, even when Abraham is in a place of his own choosing and is not doing what God asked him to do, he is still being blessed by the Lord. Look at the blessings that came his way. The Lord forgave him of his sins as implied in verse 17. The Lord protected him from harm in verses 2-9, 18. The Lord blessed him Financially in verses 14-16. The Lord used Abraham for His Glory (verse 17). What does this teach us? Simply the truth that who we are in Christ Jesus cannot be invalidated by our sin! We all know that the Lord disciplines His children as we are reminded in Hebrews 12:6-12. However, how many of us could testify to the truth that there have been times when we were miles away from the Lord and He still blessed our lives! What is this? Nothing less than grace! This just serves to remind us that our Lord deals with us based on who we are rather than based on what we do! BUT this does not give us a license to sin! After all, those who have been saved by the grace of the Lord are going to want to serve the Lord and will not rest until things are right between them and the Lord. It is also true that after a while God will deal directly and completely with the sin that resides within our hearts. Praise to our Lord, even our sin is unable to separate us from the love we have in Jesus Christ (Romans 8:38-39)!
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord, saved by Your grace means we desire to always be right with You.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord, having been saved by Your grace, gives us a greater desire to be right with You, and not a license to do whatever we want. Thank You for Your ongoing work in our lives to rid us of whatever sin seeks to control us. AMEN
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)
Isaiah 39:1-8
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