November 15, 2022

Passage Read: Genesis 9-12
Meditation Verses: 12:11-13

Thought

Abram did not yet know the Lord well, so he depended on his own wisdom to keep himself alive. But his wisdom backfired, and while it kept him alive and obtained for him preferential treatment, it lost him his wife! And so the Lord stepped in to protect Sarai and defend Abram. Abram got his wife back and continued to receive preferential treatment. He should have known from this point on that the Lord was able to preserve and even bless him. But he still thought it had more to do with whether or not men feared the Lord rather than how powerful the Lord Himself was.

Application

Do I believe that God is powerful enough to overcome even the wicked and their schemes, or only strong enough to work in and through those who believe in Him? Abram misunderstood this revelation of God, and still had a small understanding of God, as though he were like any other local god, whose power only extended as far as his territory and people. He and his family would soon learn that God had no limits. He was truly the God who made all things, the God of heaven and earth, all of it, everywhere. The Most High God. That's what He wants me to understand too, that He is not limited by anything, believer or unbeliever. He rules the nations, even when they want nothing to do with Him.