He’s Trustworthy and True

He's Trustworthy and True

I love reading and relishing in the wonders of my God, He who speaks those things that are not, as though they were. We are told in Acts 15 that He knew all His works from eternity past… and He will also see to it that they are all fulfilled. What He started He will continue and complete.

This is so illustrated with Abram, who's about to receive a name change, not based on his abilities but according to what was in him and what God promised to do through him.

The things that were written, in Older Testament times, what we're reading right now, what things were written, were written for our insight for our learning, that through the faithfulness of God's favor, throughout history, throughout the Word, we see these testimonies established in the people of God.

So let's spend a few minutes in Genesis 15:12-18

Some 605 years from this conversation in Genesis 15 God will lead His people out of bondage.

The story of redemption is God sending servants — His messengers — to feed, lead, and meet the greatest needs of those who trusted the messengers and the message and ministry He sent. Prefigures of a coming Christ, like Noah, Joseph, and Moses — were sent before them to keep them alive. We are proclaimers not prefigures — witnesses that have been sent to testify that He came to feed, lead, and meet the greatest needs of His sheep. We bear witness to our Good Shepherd, Great Shepherd, and Chief Shepherd. Who, as our good shepherd, came for His sheep, who, as our great shepherd, is committed to His sheep, and who, as our chief shepherd, is coming for His sheep. For what? To feed, lead, and meet our every need.

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