2 Samuel 4:1-5:25; Micah 7:1-20; Romans 12:1-21
I will bless you…and you shall be a blessing. Gen. 12:2 NKJV
At Babel people refused to listen to God, resulting in a confused and disintegrating society. However, God graciously spoke again, but now to an individual, Abram. Yet how could one man make a difference in such a chaotic world? God told Abram, “You shall be a blessing.” Is that not what we all desire to be in the hands of God? Like Abram, we must both listen to and obey God’s Word, perhaps leaving behind what is familiar and seemingly secure. In response to Abram’s willingness, five times, God said, “I will…” It is through such a life that God promises to work and to bless. See what God says “I will” to you about today. —Michael McKillen
His flock to Him is dear, He watches them from high;
He sends them trials here, to fit them for the sky. —H. Lyte