Most folks find it comforting to know what is coming; we don't read weather forecasts just for amusement. A good ol' prophecy from the Bible holds a bunch of these things too, the ones where God gives comfort before all them other things come to pass. Abram had a little 'after these things' in yesterday's message, but today we can look at the other side; that side where our Lord and Father is in complete control over the things that haven't happened yet.
Just after those things had been comforted, Abram has a question for the Lord about a promise that God had made to him.
But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!” (Gen 15:2-3)
Eliezer of Damascus, yeah, I remember him. Of course, we are all thinking, "Who?" Eliezer didn't quite get to take his place in Israel's history because God had words of comfort for Abram about what had not yet happened. Abram, understandably perhaps from our point of view, had a concern about the future. How was he to have a great nation in his descendants when he didn't even have one descendant to show in his ripening old age? Abram was kind of looking about rather earnestly for that one grain of sand that would start the future beach.
"Aach! Where is your faith Abe?" we ask since we know the rest of the story from the scriptures. Indeed, between the physical descendants and the spiritual descendants of Israel and our Lord Jesus, we see the beach full of sand grains that Abram was promised. But Abraham and Israel are not done yet. God's comforting words about our future have more to say about long reigns and the ever expanding government of the Lord. God's promises for us will come too; take comfort in His grace today!
Bucky
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