DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  GENESIS 12:1-3

(1)  Now the LORD had said unto Abram,  Get thee out of thy country,  and from thy kindred,  and from thy father's house,  unto a land that I will shew thee:
(2)  And I will make of thee a great nation,  and I will bless thee,  and make thy name great;  and thou shalt be a blessing:
(3)  And  I will bless them that bless thee,  and curse him, that curseth thee;  and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.


WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT:

Brethren,  it pleases the LORD to convert and bless us, even though we are not worthy of his blessings:  let us not doubt him;  for his ways are mysterious and his blessings are everlasting; from generations to generations, he is faithful through his covenant of blessings with Abram, father of all nations.

Brethren, the LORD, commanded Abram to leave the country of his origin, and his idol worshiping father to unknown destination;  he did not know exactly where he was going, yet obeyed, took his wife Sa-rai, nephew Lot and left Haran at the age of seventy-five;  if the LORD calls us at this age today;  what will be our response?   (a) we might doubt the authenticity of his commandments or think perhaps we are in some evil dreams;  (b)  we might doubt what will happen to us, the unknown consequences we may encounter, and hesitate to leave our comfort zones;  (c)  we might doubt the promises and its fulfillment;  (d)  we might disobey his instructions;  (e)  we might even blaspheme against his supremacy over all creation;  before the LORD, comes to anyone, for any reason known to him, he already carefully thought about what he will do or accomplish through that individual, just as he did in the life of Abram to bless all nations, even until now, we are still enjoying his blessings through his obedience to the LORD of hosts.

Case in point;  the LORD gave Abram, three promises;  (i)  I will make of thee a great nation;  we now have so many blessed nations on this earth, by one man's obedience;  (ii)  I will bless thee;  no matter what is going on around the world today, we are all blessed with heavenly blessings and enjoying the favor of one man's obedience to the commandments of the LORD;  (iii)  I will make thy name great;  today, we bear the mark of salvation, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior through the lineage of father Abraham, our names are written in the book of life;  (iv)  thou shalt be a blessing; we are not only blessed but are fountains of blessings for others we came in touch with everyday; (v)  I will bless them that bless thee;  we are blessings to all who blesses us, they shall receive favor from on high forever;  (vi)  but, those who chose to curse us;  because we are chosen generation, and of royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; or our standings with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, they shall be cursed forever, because we belong to him.

Brethren,  the LORD of hosts, knew exactly what he had in mind for Abram (Abraham),  but Abram, was not aware of his plans but obeyed his commandments regardless;  if Abram, would have disobeyed the LORD, who knows what would have happened to our blessings today?;  beloved, whatever our reproaches are today;  let us beware that the LORD is working through all things, we might not hear his voice, or know his plans for us in future, but through the life of Abram who later became Abraham, we know for sure that Jesus Christ, is working in our lives today, to bring every promises given through his word into fruition;  let us have patience, wait and trust in him, so we could inherit life everlasting.

Brethren,  today, if we should hear the voice of our Lord Jesus Christ, speaking to us in dreams, visions, and in prophecies;  let us pay attention and pray about his will to be done in our lives;  let us not hinder his voice; for we might know not exactly, what he will accomplish through us that the whole world might benefit from our obedience to him:  therefore, let us not use our carnal minds to decipher the blueprint of others who might try to follow his commandments, but encourage them to obey the voice of the LORD, and fulfill their callings by the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; the field ready ready, the laborers are few;  let us obey his voice now and  proceed to our unknown destinations;  for, we are not too old to embrace him;  or too old for harvesting souls for him;  or too old to enjoy his covenant of Grace given to us freely, let us enter into his rest forever and more.  Amen and Amen!


QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  Galatians 3:8  .And the scriptures,  foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham,  saying,  In thee shall all nations be blessed.