Saturday, February 25, 2012

Saturday, February 25 by Pamela

Today's passage from the Chronological Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Numbers 5-6
Today's scripture focus is Hebrews 11:20-23

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

By. Faith. Our Pastor has been doing a series for the last few weeks and one of the messages was about faith or as he called it "God memories - past". It is because God has been faithful in the past (flawlessly!), that we base our actions and it allows us to act by faith. It is what God has done in the past that prompted Isaac to bless Jacob and Esau. It prompted Jacob to bless each of Joseph's sons. It prompted Joseph to remind everyone about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and it was by faith that Moses' parents defied the law and hid Moses. God is always faithful and we can depend and place our trust in Him. Always.

Memories about God's faithfulness is what carries us through times of uncertainty. There will be times that do not make sense. There will be times when God seems to be distant. "Time does not diminish God's faithfulness" and He always comes through at the right time. It is our memory bank of God's flawless dependability and "He knows the right thing at the right time and it is good". By faith, we can know that God's way is perfect...in the past and in the future.

You can hear the sermon about "Faith: God Memories-Past" by clicking here and then listening to the sermon on January 22, 2012.

Tomorrow's scripture focus: Hebrews 11:24-28
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage passage: Numbers 7

3 comments:

Miriam said...

God memories - I like that!

Tammy said...

Memories about God's past faithfulness is definitely what helps to carry us through times of uncertainty in the present! Thanks Pam.

Tammy said...

One thing neat about v20-22 is that all of these men were not always faithful in their lives, in fact many times they acted very faithless - but in the face of death, their faith was never stronger!