Look at the stars

20/2/2018
God told Abram to go outside and look at the stars in the skies. Abram had no son but God said you will have a son and as many decedents as there are stars in the skies.  And Abram believed him and God considered him righteous on account of his faith. I often wonder if my  heritage could be traced back to Abram. The most miraculous part of this account is that in earthly terms Abram and his wife were too old to conceive; but Abram believed him anyway. Then in a vision God showed him of the future foreboding of 400 years of enslavement and oppression for his people but then they will be freed with great wealth and God drew a covenant with Abram that evening by sending a burning light and smoking pot to pass between two sacrificial carcasses  God had told him to cut in half earlier. I have given this land to your descendants from the Wadi-el-Arish to the river Euphrates.  and I give to them these nations; Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites. Take note of some of these names as they might come up later.
But I think the most important point to take from this account, is Abram's faith and he believed although he did ask for a sign, which caused the covenant into being. We can be bold enough to ask for signs if we aren't sure whether God has spoken to us or not.  This will increase our faith and ardour.

Bye for now