The Impossible Covenant
Genesis 17:4-7; 15-19
4 "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram [a] ; your name will be Abraham, [b] for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 15 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
Bee's Thoughts:
God made a covenant with Abram and changed his name to Abraham. He promised Abraham that he will be fruitful and multiply through his barren wife Sarai (changed to Sarah). It's hard for him to understand how that can happen since he and his wife were so old. Yet God did a miracle.
In our lives, sometimes also we feel that our situations look impossible. Yet it's in these impossible situations that we could see God's power. He is the God of impossible.
My friend's sister may seems to be barren, but I pray that she will turn to my God who could do the impossible for her just like Sarah.
Dear Lord,
Thank You that You are a God who is not restricted by anything and with You all things are possible. I pray that I will fully trust You to do the impossible in my life... that Your glory and power may be shown to those who do not know You.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
4 "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram [a] ; your name will be Abraham, [b] for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 15 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"
19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. [a] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Bee's Thoughts:
God made a covenant with Abram and changed his name to Abraham. He promised Abraham that he will be fruitful and multiply through his barren wife Sarai (changed to Sarah). It's hard for him to understand how that can happen since he and his wife were so old. Yet God did a miracle.
In our lives, sometimes also we feel that our situations look impossible. Yet it's in these impossible situations that we could see God's power. He is the God of impossible.
My friend's sister may seems to be barren, but I pray that she will turn to my God who could do the impossible for her just like Sarah.
Dear Lord,
Thank You that You are a God who is not restricted by anything and with You all things are possible. I pray that I will fully trust You to do the impossible in my life... that Your glory and power may be shown to those who do not know You.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
posted by buzybee at
9/16/2006 09:34:00 PM
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