Good morning,
I am sitting here reading in Genesis and feeling overwhelmed with what I am feeling.
Jacob said to Joseph as he was dying, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked is the God who has been my shepherd since I was born until this day”.
I had to stop and cry at the thought that I can say just like Jacob, “God has been my shepherd since I was born until this day.” The very same God that loved Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, Hannah, David, Hezekiah, Josiah, Daniel, etc, and took such complete care of them through their good and hard times, is the same God that loves me! He hasn’t changed.
When I look up at the stars and talk to Jesus, I imagine when Abraham was doing the same. He stood under the exact same stars and talked to my exact same Father. But here’s the thing. When faithful Abraham (whom God called His friend), was standing there having a wonderful conversation with his Father, he had no idea that his Father was hiding His dear Son and that Abraham would later “rejoice to see His day.” (Whew! I am rejoicing right now!)
When God told Abraham that night under the stars that his seed would be more than the number of stars in the sky, Genesis 15:6 says “Abraham believed Jehovah, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” Abraham was as righteous as humanly possible, but he, just like everyone else, needed the kind of righteousness that only his Father’s dear Son could bring. I’ve heard you say it so many times, “Everything depended on Jesus!”
So, here we are! I can stand under those same stars and talk to my Father, but His dear Son is no longer hidden. When I look up and think about being one of those stars, as I often do, I know who made that possible for me! We don’t just get a taste of New Testament mercy, we are living under that New Testament mercy. Mercy is dwelling inside of us, helping us, teaching us, loving us. Can we even take that in?
I am sacrificing my thankful heart to Jesus this morning! So thankful to have this testimony, and most of all, to have someone I can tell it to! Now, if I just had somebody I could hug right now!!:)
Lee Ann
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