God gives circumcision to the Jewish people as a mark that they are His. He also changes Abram’s and Sarai’s names as a reminder of His promise. Has God done anything to mark us and remind us of His promise?
Colossians 2:11-12 (WEB) “In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.”
Abraham still finds it incredible that Sarah could get pregnant, but God assures him it is through her and in Isaac that the covenant will be fulfilled. And, to Abraham’s credit, he does exactly what God told him to do!
Thought for the day: God desires obedience!
Matthew 21:28-31 ” ‘But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, “Son, go work today in my vineyard.” He answered, “I will not,” but afterward he changed his mind, and went. He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, “I’m going, sir,” but he didn’t go. Which of the two did the will of his father?’ They said to him, ‘The first.’ “
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