Tuesday, 28 July 2009 02:00 | and posted in Leaving Ur
“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:2-3
Religion has always been about staying on the right side of the gods. In the ancient world if you had a bad crop the gods were unhappy with you. Through religious rituals you tried to appease the gods and asked for their blessing.
What’s amazing here is that God blesses Abraham out-of-the-blue! Praise God that his blessing flows out of his tremendous grace! We don’t have to do anything to gain it!
