History Makers And World ChangersExemplo

Today's Bible reading contains what is known as God’s Covenant with Abraham. This account in Scripture is not simply a mystical metaphor or a whimsical tale, but the record of an actual conversation between God and man. The Great I Am was making some God-sized promises. He was telling Abraham not only his future, but also the future of his nation as well. 

We find in verse 6 one of the most amazing phrases in the Bible, stating that Abram (soon to be Abraham) believed the Lord. Think about God telling a man to look up into the clear night sky, and that from him will come more children throughout the generations than the number of stars he can see! Abram’s response was not only to believe it was true, but also that it would be true. 

Throughout Israel’s tumultuous past with so many historic attempts and acts to annihilate this nation, from Abraham to today, Jewish men and women have been called upon to commit to extraordinary faith and heroic action.

Watch today’s clip, which depicts the turning point and moment of truth for Arik Achmon, the 55th Paratrooper Brigade’s Chief Intelligence Officer.

Starting with God’s promise in Genesis, we have the privilege today of being able to follow the amazing stories of the nation of Israel, through Moses, David, Solomon, and down the line, right up to the introduction of Jesus. For example, in post-resurrection Acts 7, as Stephen is testifying before the Sanhedrin court, he offers a thorough account of his ancestors and their history to tie into his faith in the risen Christ.

In our own spiritual journey as we walk in faith, we must constantly listen for God to whisper His plans and provisions to us, and believe as He fulfills His promises for our lives that are far grander and much farther-reaching than any of our own. Then after we hear His voice, we too must respond with it being said of us that we believed the Lord.

What is God speaking to your own life, as you are also a part of His grand story between the Genesis of mankind to the final prophecies to come as given to us in Revelation?