Tues.’s Devo - God Never Forgets His Promises

Read: Gen. 15-17
God promised to bless Abram’s seed as the number of the stars of heaven. He was told to take a heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtledove, and a pigeon for a sacrifice to seal the covenant. All these animals would be animals used in the sacrifices of the tabernacle and the temple. God laid out the next 400 years and then some for him. He told him who would be their enemies and the happy ending.
Sarai got tired of waiting on the Lord and gave Hagar to Abraham. She became pregnant which made Sarai hate Hagar and treat her so badly she fled. God found Hagar by a fountain. A fountain is a picture of living water bubbling up like the Holy Spirit did on Pentecost. God spoke to her from this fountain and told her to return and submit to Sarai. He also told Hagar what kind of man Ishmael would be. He would be wild and mean with many enemies. Ishmael means “God will hear”. Hagar rejoiced because God saw her in her affliction. The well of living water was called Beer-lahai-roi which means “well of the living One”. It was between Kadesh and Bered. Which interprets “it was between heaven and hell.”
God met with Abram again and changed his name to Abraham which means he is not just a father of one nation but many. Then he told him that the covenant he was making with Abraham would come from Sarai. Sarai got a name change to Sarah which means “princess” or “mother of nations”. Her son’s name would be Isaac which means “laughter” but in the sense of a mockery. He was a mockery to unbelief. God’s will would be done in spite of age, or what seemed to be bad timing. God’s timing is alway the right timing. God gave Abraham the commandment to circumcise every male in his household. This is the sign of salvation- the blood.
Lord, help our unbelief when we think it is too late and You have forgotten us. Help us to remember Abraham.