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SAA Notes
When you have a JW come to your door, this is one passage to get them to turn to in their own Bible. Here is a man who is the LORD! Abraham’s prayer is to be our example in praying for our country and loved ones.
SJA Notes
* Heavenly Father, we undertake to speak to You this day, we who are but dust and ashes. Please teach us today from Your word.
“Abraham answered and said, ‘Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. …'”
Abraham knew the LORD!
When God walked on earth, as we see in this passage, Abraham knew who it was!
And we see that Abraham had a personal relationship with the Lord.
See how God talks with Abraham, sharing things.
And see how Abraham wrestles with God.
God is Sovereign. His will is absolute.
But here we see in this conversation from our perspective a wrestling with the Lord.
Abraham is plumbing deeper and deeper into God’s will. For fifty righteous. Forty-give. Step by step down to ten.
These were all true answers, but they increasingly gave Abraham insight into God’s will.
This passage is a wonderful example for us!
Let us be encouraged to seek out God’s will for us each day, to commit our paths to Him.
* God Almighty,
Thank You for Your word to us today!
Please write it on our hearts, teaching us what You need us to know today.
Show us Your will that we might submit under and go about it.
We commit our day to You Lord God.
Amen.