Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I
will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring. (Genesis 28:13)
It was a time of fresh spiritual lows in my life. Many distressing
situations coming one after the other. One night I just woke up and instead of
praying or praising God, I just sat on my bed, thinking of all the problems in
my life. I just sat brooding, feeling sad, contemplating the situations. It
must have been quite a while, but then I heard the unmistakable voice of my
Savior Jesus speaking clearly to me saying, “I am the God of Abraham.” It
startled me and I sat upright thinking that there was more to come from the
Lord, as He often speaks to me; but this night, it was just those few words, “I
am the God of Abraham”
That set me thinking. Surely and truly, Jesus was involved in all my
problems, as He was with Abraham’s. Abraham had quite a few spiritual lows in
his life (not fully trusting God and taking Hagar as wife and all the ensuing
problems, telling Pharaoh in Egypt and Abimelech in Gerar that Sarah was his
sister to escape death at their hands, being left with a desert land when Lot
chose the plain of Jordan[to name a few])
Yet God was with him through all things, never leaving him nor forsaking
him. By telling me that He is the God of Abraham, God was affirming the truth
to me once again that “as He was with Abraham, so He was with me.”
And you who read this, be assured that you are not alone in your daily
struggles; your Lord Jesus is with you.
The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an
everlasting
love.
Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3)
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