Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
Abraham “rejoiced to see [Christ’s] day and was glad” (John 8:56). That meant that he believed in Jesus with a heart appreciation of who He is and what He has done for the world. Now, if you believe in Jesus as Abraham did, then you come under the New Covenant as He did and all the promises God made to Abraham are now transferred directly to you, because you are a child of Abraham.
They are seven, in Genesis 12:2, 3. You can’t pick and choose; you have to take them all: (a) you will become a “great” person (nation); (b) you must let God “bless you”; (c) you must let Him “make [your] name great (yes, the older you become, the more wonderful you will be as a person!); (d) best of all, “you shall be a blessing,” everywhere you go around the world you will leave behind blessings; (e) you must let the Lord “bless them that bless you.”
But now there’s a problem: He says, (f) “I will curse him that curses you,” and we hesitate there; we’d rather bless those who curse us.
But you must let the Lord do what He says is part of His New Covenant promises. A wise old medical doctor told me in my teen years, “There are more blessings in God’s curses than in man’s benedictions.”
If you are serving the Lord faithfully and somebody “curses” you, condemns you, even criticizes you unjustly, the Lord notices it, and takes account. Whoever does that to you is going to be punished—that’s for sure.
Let the Lord do it; it’s His agape-love in action—judgment now in this life rather than waiting for it in the last day when it’s too late to learn anything. “Vengeance belongs to me, I will recompense, says the Lord. ... It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb. 10:30, 31).
Just be deeply thankful that His “vengeance” comes now and not at the end of the thousand years! You love your “enemy”; let the Lord love him too—with His loving but severe discipline.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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