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The LORD bless you and keep you. Numbers 6:24
D.L. MOODY
God can do what He has done before. He kept Joseph in Egypt, Moses before Pharaoh, Daniel in Babylon, and enabled Elijah to stand before Ahab in that dark day. And I am so thankful that these I have mentioned were men of like passions with ourselves.
ERWIN LUTZER
Yes, as Moody said, God can keep us. But sometimes our faith wavers.
God said to Abraham, “All the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever” (Genesis 13:15). But soon Abraham had doubts. In fact, when there was a famine in the land of promise, Abraham and his family went down to Egypt. There he sinned by trying to deceive Pharaoh. Abraham shamefully betrayed his wife by lying, saying she was not his wife. He had to leave Egypt in disgrace. On another occasion he said in effect, “God you must understand I am old, and Sarah is old. We can’t bear children anymore. What about Eliezer of Damascus? He is my trusted servant. Could he be my heir?” But God says, “Abraham, the answer is ‘No.’ The one who comes from you, your very own son is going to be the heir of the promise” (see Genesis 15:1–6).
My point: We can’t stand against the pressures trials bring unless we are “Standing on the promises,” as the song reminds us. We must believe God despite evidence to the contrary. So, when God said to Abraham, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them…So shall your offspring be” (Genesis 15:5), that was not just a reminder of God’s power, but also a promise that was fulfilled. The Lord did for Abraham and Sarah just as He had promised. And He will do so for us. Only those who kneel before God’s promises will stand when the trials come.
PRAYER
Father, no matter how hard the winds blow, help me to keep standing on your promises.REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Why is our first instinct often to run toward a worldly solution rather than standing on the promise of God?What "stars" or specific scriptures can we look toward today to remind us that God’s power is not limited by our human frailty?