“And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.”
The Lord made Abraham a promise before he had done anything and Abraham believed that promise. God did not reward Abraham because of the things that he did, God rewarded Abraham because God is good and God is able to keep His promises. The New Testament tells us that the issue was an issue of faith rather than an issue of Abraham’s ability to impress God or do anything that made God happy (see Rom 4: 1-8, for example). However, the Lord confirmed His promises to Abraham again. This confirmation has to do with Abraham’s hope and not his faith. Hope has to do with feelings while faith has to do with facts. He came down from the mountain and had many emotional issues to deal with so God gave him some comfort and encouragement. After this, Abraham went back to his life again. It is good for us to remember that most of our life will be just day to day walking. Even though we may have a highlight or a victory the vast majority of our life is just living and trusting God through the hard times as well as the good times.
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