ABRAHAM CALLED THE ETERNAL GOD

 

Genesis 21:22-34 / Keywords 21:33

ABRAHAM CALLED THE ETERNAL GOD

 

1. God is with you (22-24)

God’s blessing upon Abraham was very obvious. God gave him Isaac in his

100 years old. King Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces came and

confessed, “God is with you in everything you do!” They wanted to make a treaty

with Abraham and among their descendants forever. Abraham arranged the

conflicts of the ‘well’ closed by Abimelek’s servants. So they made a treaty about

the ‘well’ and agreed to respect mutually and to protect their descendants. That

well is called Beersheba, means “Seven wells.” When God is with us and we are

with the Lord, our life will be victorious and our descendants will be prosperous.

 

2. Calling the name of the eternal God (33-34)

There, Abraham planted a tamarisk tree. He called upon the name of the Lord,

the Eternal God. He stayed long among the hostile Philistines. Abraham didn’t

cling to the things of this world. His hope was in the Lord who is eternal God. His

success, God’s blessing, the enemies’ envy, and nothing could change his love of

eternity and eternal God.

 

Prayer Lord, thank you for blessing us as you blessed Abraham in all we do. Yet

help us put our hope in God who is eternal.

One Word God is eternal, so we will be!