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How has God grown your faith?
I’ll give you a second to think about it.
Watching the faith of believers in Ukraine and the hope that springs from their faith has encouraged me in mine.
After the death of Sarah, at 127 years.
Abraham’s life has been long and full of faith.
He knows the importance of God’s promise continuing with Isaac.
But he also knows that God is the one who keeps the promise.
“By myself, I have...” said the Lord.
Before we look at anything else from this text, let us see this: Before he finished praying, the answer was walking up.
God had prompted the prayer and prepared the answer at the same time.
He still does.
Preparing the next generation - after spending 10 days with first generation Christians in Ukraine the need to prepare for the next is evident.
Setting the example
This is the ‘do’ of preparing for the next generation.
There is action to be taken.
Attitude and mindset to develop.
Obedience - Abraham’s servant was given specific instructions to go to a specific place for a specific purpose.
Urgency - not so much to be fast, but to know the importance of… The servant needed to know this was the most important thing.
Dont dawdle.
And to know the importance of doing it as instructed.
There were specifics.
The way we treat God’s word in obedience and with urgency sets the example for the generation to follow.
We cannot be a people who says do as I say, dont do as I do.
We have to take as our own the words God penned through Paul:
When we have the peace of God, we have set the example.
GREAT self-assessment: Have I passed along the peace of God?
Does the next generation see, KNOW, the peace of God in me?
Setting the expectations
Boundaries - Abraham’s boundaries protected Isaac.
That’s what boundaries do.
The white and yellow lines on the highway.
The fences people build around the backyard here and the front yard in Ukraine.
Having boundaries is for our good.
Taking those boundaries away makes us fearful.
Let me tell you how I know: Those Ukrainian roads...
Temptations - the temptation for Isaac seemed to have been to take a wife from the people among whom he lived AND/OR to return to the land of his father.
Although he had never lived there he may have had a nostalgic sense about it as surely Abraham had told him of his family.
Setting the expectations for the next generation means we deal with temptations.
By deal with I mean resist.
Be aware of.
Be on guard against.
Setting expectations in boundaries and temptations are ‘dont’.
Treat it like the the foul lines on a baseball field.
Keep it between those lines and you’re good.
But you can hit it as far as you can!
The further the better.
Allowing God to handle the details
“You pick”
When we trust God with the details, the answer to our prayer is coming before we even ask.
He watched and let God speak!
When God had revealed His will, gratitude/thankfulness poured out of this servant!
TELL THE STORY
It creates thankfulness in you v52
It creates awe/respect/fear in them v50
It glorifies the Father!
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