Our Father in heaven wants very much to be an active Father in our lives.

However, He will not control us as though we are puppets.
We hope that the meditations will encourage you to deepen your bonds with Him in this most vital relationship of our lives.

19 - Through Abram
Genesis 12:
1 Now the LORD had said to Abram:
"Get out of your country,
from your family and from your father's house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
NKJV

God certainly kept His promise to Abram.
Through Abram's descendants Jesus Christ came into the world to be the Saviour God had promised.

Through Abram's descendants the Bible has come to us today so that we can know how to live our lives by God's principles.

Through Abram's example we understand what it means to have faith in God and how to trust Him to keep His promises to us.

When we consider how to honour our earthly father, we can remember Abram through whom every family of the earth is being blessed.

God also has in mind to bless those around your life through you.

Is your life like Abram's?
Are you someone through whom Jesus Christ becomes real to those around you?
Are you someone through whose lifestyle others understand the message of the Bible?
Are you someone God can show off as an example of faith and trust in Him and His promises?

This is what our heavenly Father wants to make of you.

Prayer:
Father, we thank You for setting before us examples of godly living as in the life of Abram, Your servant.
Today, I want You to make me into the kind of person who can be a blessing to those with whom I come into contact daily,
in Jesus' name,
Amen.

See you tomorrow, God willing,
when you'll find a new thought here to challenge you!
Meanwhile, have a great day walking with the Lord!