Genesis 15

Scripture:  Genesis chapter 15

Observation:  God makes a promise to Abram, that his descendants will be like the stars in the sky.  Abram believed, and God accounted it to him for righteousness.  Then Abram asks how he knows that he will inherit all this land that the Lord has promised.  God reveals the future of Abram's descendants, that they will be strangers in a foreign land, will be slaves for 400 years, and then will return to this land which the Lord will take away from the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Application:  God's promises are secure, as we see throughout Bible history.  All the things God spoke to Abram about that day are recorded in Genesis and Exodus, and to this day, of all the nations listed, none exist except for the nation of Israel.  God made a covenant with Abram, and that covenant would be forever, just as God's Word never returns to Him void.  Abram believed, and it was credited to him as righteousness.  Do I believe when God speaks to me?

Prayer:  Lord, my desire is to always believe and never doubt.  Help my unbelief, Lord!  Help me to trust in the same way a child trusts in her parents, believing their every word as truth.  Teach me to wait on You knowing Your Word will never come back void, and Your promises are secure.  In Christ's precious name I pray, Amen.