January 5, 2023
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Genesis 12:2,3. “I will make you a great nation. I will bless you. And make your name great. And you shall be a blessing. 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.”
From the above context we come to understand that God chose Abraham, and singled him out, from all his fellow men who were worshippers of idols that he might preserve the people for himself among whom, his true worship might be maintained. Abraham was tried by God Himself whether he loved God more than anything else more than all the people. And He proved righteous before God.
God called Abraham when he was alone and said, to him, “I will make of thee a great nation”. Secondly, God said, “ I will bless thee.” Thirdly God said, “I will make thy name great”. Fourthly God said, “Thou shall be a blessing”.
God looked at Abraham and spoke these words to him. And He did what he spoke. Today if God is speaking to you these words then He will surely fulfil His words in your life also. Even when he had no children God looked at him and said, “I will make you a great nation.” And Abraham was too old, when God promised him. When there was no opportunity for him to beget a child, God spoke to him. Similarly God is able to perform a supernatural miracle for you also. Even his wife Sarah was too old and she was not able to beget a child. But the Lord spoke to Abraham about Sarah saying, “I will bless her and also give you a son, by her, then I will bless her and she shall be a mother of nations. Kings of people shall be from her.”
God not only blessed Abraham but also blessed his wife Sarah. “ Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name, Isaac.” I shall establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant.”God further said, Is anything too hard for the Lord to do? My covenant I will establish with Isaac whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year. And just as God had said, Sarah gave birth to a son, in her old age and called him Isaac.
Our God is one who opens opportunity where there is no room for any opportunity. You might think there is no chance for you to have a child. Some will even advise you to adopt a child. People around us are there to counsel, us in the worldly manner, but Jesus says, “I will make your name great.” Not only will He make your name great by giving you a child, but also make you a wealthy person and make your name great.
May be today you are caught up in some kind of sickness or you are going through huge debts, and it is causing great damage to you. God wants to put an end to all adversity in your life and start blessing you. He wants to make your name great before those who troubled you or those who put you to shame. To obtain God’s blessing you need to get rid of all the curse that has fallen upon you either because of your own sin or because of your ancestral disobedience to God. If you will turn back to God from your fallen state of life then God will again rejuvenate and rebuild your life. And you shall receive the blessing of God. God will bring an end to all your shame and humiliation. He will remove your sickness away from you. He will make your name great before others. He will change your sorrow into joy and wipe away your tears.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank You for keeping the promises which you have given to us. Help us to turn back to You and confess our mistakes. Remove all our sinful qualities and make us more like You. Teach us to be obedient like Abraham and give us another opportunity to live a clean and perfect life before God.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
