After these things the
word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I
am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." Abram said, "O
Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house
is Eliezer of Damascus?" And Abram said, "Since You have given no
offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir." Then behold, the word
of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one
who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir." And He
took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the
stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall
your descendants be." Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to
him as righteousness.
And it is in this encounter that we see God reveal
another timeless truth about God and God’s promises. And that timeless truth is
that God’s promises, not our performance, provide an opportunity to be right
with God. Just as Abram’s confident trust in God and God’s promises resulted in
Him experiencing a right relationship with God, it is our confident trust in
the God and the promises of God that result in us having the opportunity to
experience a right relationship with God.
It was not Abram’s performance for God by having an heir
that enabled him to be right with God; it was trusting in God’s promise of an
heir that resulted in him experiencing a right relationship with God. And just as God’s promise to Abram was only
dependant on God’s commitment to Abram, God’s promise to us is only dependant
on God’s commitment to us through a descendant of Abram named Jesus.
So, what are you trusting in? Are you trusting in your
performance for God? Or are you trusting in God’s promises?
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