"After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, 'Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; your reward shall be very great."
God found another man, this time a man by the name of Abram, who would later be known as Abraham. He always looks for men and women who are affected by the call of the eternal. These are individuals who do not give in to the voices around them which constantly call them to lesser things. And, God, who knows the heart, draws near to men and women like this, taking them to that higher ground their hearts had longed for. This is the beauty of Genesis 15:1 which says, "After these things" (after Abraham had let his nephew Lot take the "rich" Jordan Valley for his possession, and after Abram had refused to take anything from the kings he had delivered, lest they say they had make him rich) "the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, 'Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; your reward shall be very great." If we have nothing else but God, we have everything, and blessed is the man who is satisfied with nothing else but God This man is a free man.
God found another man, this time a man by the name of Abram, who would later be known as Abraham. He always looks for men and women who are affected by the call of the eternal. These are individuals who do not give in to the voices around them which constantly call them to lesser things. And, God, who knows the heart, draws near to men and women like this, taking them to that higher ground their hearts had longed for. This is the beauty of Genesis 15:1 which says, "After these things" (after Abraham had let his nephew Lot take the "rich" Jordan Valley for his possession, and after Abram had refused to take anything from the kings he had delivered, lest they say they had make him rich) "the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, 'Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; your reward shall be very great." If we have nothing else but God, we have everything, and blessed is the man who is satisfied with nothing else but God This man is a free man.
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