"After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.'" Genesis 15:1
When we believe the Lord is our PROTECTOR (our shield) and PRIZE (our reward) and PEACE (we fear not) and PROVIDER (He gives life to us — as He told Abram, "one from your body will be your heir…") and PROMISE KEEPER (and he believed the Lord), all else seems to fade in the presence and guarantee of His glory and grace. (Genesis 15:1; Genesis 16)
Some 605 years from this conversation in Genesis 15 God will lead His people out of bondage.
The story of redemption is God sending servants — His messengers — to feed, lead, and meet the greatest needs of those who trusted the messengers and the message and ministry He sent. Prefigures of a coming Christ, like Noah, Joseph, and Moses — were sent before them to keep them alive. We are proclaimers not prefigures — witnesses that have been sent to testify that He came to feed, lead, and meet the greatest needs of His sheep. We bear witness to our Good Shepherd, Great Shepherd, and Chief Shepherd. Who, as our good shepherd, came for His sheep, who, as our great shepherd, is committed to His sheep, and who, as our chief, shepherd is coming for His sheep. For what? To feed, lead, and meet our every need.
Can I encourage you? Don't let the enemy invade where only Jesus, His promises, His people, and His provisions of grace belong. (Genesis 15:4; Genesis 16; Nehemiah 13:4-10)
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