What stood out today: v12:6 At that time the Canaanites were in the land. v10 Now there was a famine in the land. v17 But the Lord inflicted serious disease on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife, Sarai. v13:15 All the land that you see... v16 I will make your offspring... v17 Go, walk through the land for I am giving it to you. v18 So Abram moved...at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.
My response: Hmm...Lord, you always start with one man, one couple - Adam & Eve, Noah, Abram & Sarai. You do great things through them. Isa 60:22 The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly.
I am also struck how you delivered Sarai from Pharaoh with diseases. Seems like Abram did wrong and Pharaoh got punished. Was Abram justified in his fear by Pharaoh's reputation? You know Lord. Anyway, it is a display of your terror. Your care and promises to Abram are tender and wonderful. You blessed him with your promises and material wealth. Even through his choices and errors, you move sovereignly. You, Lord God, are great and good.
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