{"id":71981,"date":"2025-01-15T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/?p=71981"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:06:01","slug":"the-abrahamic-covenant-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/the-abrahamic-covenant-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Abrahamic Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scripture Reading: Genesis 15:1-21, Genesis 16:1-16, Romans 4:1-5, Galatians 3:15-18, Galatians 3:27-29, Galatians 4:1-7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today my phone lit up with a text message from a strange number. Curious, I glanced at the screen only to clock it as spam. I knew immediately from the promises of a free vacation that it was too good to be true. I quickly deleted the message, being careful not to click the suspicious link at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve all received these messages. Whether in texts, commercials, or social media posts, we are inundated with guarantees of quick fixes and easy wins. Naturally, we\u2019ve grown a little skeptical of anything that sounds miraculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet God promised the miraculous to Abram. When Abram was the ripe old age of 99 years old, God told him that he and Sarai would still give birth to a biological son. Not only would they have a son, but God was creating a covenant with Abram in which his family would become a great nation and all the world would be blessed through them. Of course, Abram had heard this before, almost 25 years prior in fact. After waiting so long for God to make good on His Word, and being far past child bearing years, Abram had some questions for God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find it encouraging that even though Abram questioned how God would accomplish His plan, he was still credited with having righteous faith. It seems that belief and questions can coexist (what a relief!). However, Abram\u2019s choosing to believe God\u2019s Word and promise is a crucial aspect of God entering into a covenant with him. We know that God did keep His Word, although it took a lot longer than Abram would have expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like Abram, we are called to put our trust in God despite any narratives to the contrary. As we bring our questions to Him, we can also walk with the belief that Jesus alone is the way to eternal life. Even when we feel like God is taking too long, we can have faith that Jesus will come back and make everything new in His perfect timing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If our questions and fears ever start to overshadow the truth of the gospel, we can accept the same invitation God gave Abram. Go outside and look at the stars tonight. While you\u2019re looking at the stars, remember that God once promised a childless 99-year-old man that he would have more descendants than all the tiny lights you can count. That man believed the seemingly impossible, trusting in God\u2019s Word. And God used that man\u2019s faith to create a lineage that would birth the Savior of the entire world. We, too, can choose to trust in God\u2019s plan today because God always fulfills His promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Kaitie Stoddard<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scripture Reading: Genesis 15:1-21, Genesis 16:1-16, Romans 4:1-5, Galatians 3:15-18, Galatians 3:27-29, Galatians 4:1-7 Earlier today my phone lit up with a text message from a strange number. Curious, I glanced at the screen only to clock it as spam. I knew immediately from the promises of a free vacation that it was too good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":71766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesis25"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[71878],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"She Reads Truth","devotional_text":"THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT<\/b>

\r\nby Kaitie Stoddard<\/i>

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Earlier today my phone lit up with a text message from a strange number. Curious, I glanced at the screen only to clock it as spam. I knew immediately from the promises of a free vacation that it was too good to be true. I quickly deleted the message, being careful not to click the suspicious link at the bottom.<\/p>
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I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve all received these messages. Whether in texts, commercials, or social media posts, we are inundated with guarantees of quick fixes and easy wins. Naturally, we\u2019ve grown a little skeptical of anything that sounds miraculous.<\/p>
\r\n

And yet God promised the miraculous to Abram. When Abram was the ripe old age of 99 years old, God told him that he and Sarai would still give birth to a biological son. Not only would they have a son, but God was creating a covenant with Abram in which his family would become a great nation and all the world would be blessed through them. Of course, Abram had heard this before, almost 25 years prior in fact. After waiting so long for God to make good on His Word, and being far past child bearing years, Abram had some questions for God.<\/p>
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I find it encouraging that even though Abram questioned how God would accomplish His plan, he was still credited with having righteous faith. It seems that belief and questions can coexist (what a relief!). However, Abram\u2019s choosing to believe God\u2019s Word and promise is a crucial aspect of God entering into a covenant with him. We know that God did keep His Word, although it took a lot longer than Abram would have expected.<\/p>
\r\n

Just like Abram, we are called to put our trust in God despite any narratives to the contrary. As we bring our questions to Him, we can also walk with the belief that Jesus alone is the way to eternal life. Even when we feel like God is taking too long, we can have faith that Jesus will come back and make everything new in His perfect timing.<\/p>
\r\n

If our questions and fears ever start to overshadow the truth of the gospel, we can accept the same invitation God gave Abram. Go outside and look at the stars tonight. While you\u2019re looking at the stars, remember that God once promised a childless 99-year-old man that he would have more descendants than all the tiny lights you can count. That man believed the seemingly impossible, trusting in God\u2019s Word. And God used that man\u2019s faith to create a lineage that would birth the Savior of the entire world. We, too, can choose to trust in God\u2019s plan today because God always fulfills His promises.<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"10","scripture":"Genesis 15:1-21, Genesis 16:1-16, Romans 4:1-5, Galatians 3:15-18, Galatians 3:27-29, Galatians 4:1-7","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}