GENESIS 13
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord. – Genesis 13:14-18
GENESIS 13 GOD REITERATES HIS PROMISED LAND TO ABRAM
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
After Abram and Lot went separate ways to avoid strife with their herdsmen
The Lord God reminded Abram what was going to be his promised land
God instructed him to look upwards from where Abram was
To the north, south, east and west, he showed him what’s going to be his.
God promised Abram the breadth of the land that he is visibly seeing that time
This is the land that he will inherit from the Lord which will be for his sons as well
All his offspring will have as much land as they can count the dust of the earth
Abram moved his tent by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron and built an altar for God.
Abram must have felt sad that he and his nephew Lot had to separate ways. When Lot chose the better part of the area without even thinking how Abram must have felt letting him go another way Lot had his eye focused on the benefits of choosing that land that have water running through it. Many times, we become fixated on benefits and profits from something without even thinking how it will affect our souls or other people.
Then, God reiterated his promise to Abram about Canaan. Can you imagine if you were in Abram’s place and God was showing you the vast space that your eyes could see which was going to be yours? Even though it seems that Lot chose the better part, Abram had God’s promise which is far much better than anything that the world offers.
REFLECTION
- How can we fight our nature for selfish ambitions?
