A Very Great Reward!

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abraham in a vision:

“Do not be afraid, Abram.  I am your shield, your very great reward.” Genesis 15:1

There is a beautiful song that sings, “Thou oh Lord, are a shield about me.  You’re my glory and the lifter of my head…”

In Abraham’s case he was childless, but God said, “Lift up your head, Abram and count the stars-if indeed you can count them.  Then he said to him, so shall your offspring be.”  Genesis 15:5    

Where there is a lack in our life-God fills the void with a promise.  So often, we mope around, with our heads hung down so focused on what we don’t have.  But God wants to turn those few loaves into enough to feed the multitudes.  We have to stop focusing on the small voids in our lives, and trust God that He can fulfill a promise for us that is exceedingly abundantly more than we could have asked or imagined. 

Abraham never could have imagined that he would be called, “The Father of many nations.”

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.  No longer will you be called Abram; your name with be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.  I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.”  Genesis 17:4

If Abraham had stayed focused on the little thing, He would have missed the great blessing God had planned for him. 

So often in Abraham’s journey he didn’t know what he was doing! He just took God at His Word, and with every small test of faith, God enlarged His territory and it enabled him to receive the fullness of blessing that God had prepared in advance for Him. 

Through it all, through it all, my eyes are on you. 

Through it all, through it all, it is well!

(It is Well, Bethel Music)

“Abraham believed the Lord and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Genesis 15:6

But, Yet God in His sovereignty always takes it to another level.  He doesn’t want us to focus on our little voids, or even on the great promise.  He wants us to know in the end-He in the fullness of His Love is what we are truly seeking.  For only He is our very great reward!