The Promise

There are so many promises we make to one another and to God each and every day. Some are simple little promises like telling someone you will run by and get something for them. Other times they are life changing promises, like committing yourself to a relationship with marriage. In a promise like this you have made a covenant with someone to love, care, grow and committed no matter what comes your way. At least this is the way it should be. Not going into that now, I will do another blog on that someday. Then we make commitments to God, often though the commitments to God are more like request to him. We will say things like God if you do this, I will do this. This is even a common theme in the Bible with a few people. However the promise we have from God was made thousands of years ago and he has not wavered from it. As a matter of fact He has renewed the promise with us through Jesus. The promise to Abraham was one to bless the entire world. Here is the text.
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.”

Through Abraham all are blessed, through Abraham and God giving him land there is the chance that the land can be healed from the hard labors and through Abraham there is the opportunity for us to once again be joined together. This promise was made to Abraham all those years ago and God has continued to hold His end of the bargain, even to the point of the sacrifice of His own son Jesus. Take hold of this Promise from God and enjoy the benefits from this promise. This promise changed the world, dare to imagine what the promise can do for you.