by donfinto | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
#LifeVerse 6: “The LORD said to Abram… ‘I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you (treats you lightly), I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you’” (Genesis 12:1-3).
The nations of the world who have blessed Abraham’s family have come under the blessing of the Lord, but when that nation turns its back on the Jewish people (Abraham’s descendants), the nation is soon in decline.
This was true of ancient Egypt, later of Spain, then Great Britain, and could be dangerously close to any nation today who does not honor God’s call on the family through whom all of us have received redemption.
“God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable,” Paul told the Romans in speaking of His continued call on the seed of Abraham through Isaac and Israel (See Romans 11: 29).
This does not diminish God’s call on any other nation, including the Arab nations, many of whom are destined to be a blessing upon the whole earth, according to Isaiah’s prophecy in chapter 19:19-25.
Blessings,
Don Finto
by donfinto | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
#LifeVerse 6: “The LORD said to Abram… ‘I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you (treats you lightly), I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you’” (Genesis 12:1-3).
The nations of the world who have blessed Abraham’s family have come under the blessing of the Lord, but when that nation turns its back on the Jewish people (Abraham’s descendants), the nation is soon in decline.
This was true of ancient Egypt, later of Spain, then Great Britain, and could be dangerously close to any nation today who does not honor God’s call on the family through whom all of us have received redemption.
“God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable,” Paul told the Romans in speaking of His continued call on the seed of Abraham through Isaac and Israel (See Romans 11: 29).
This does not diminish God’s call on any other nation, including the Arab nations, many of whom are destined to be a blessing upon the whole earth, according to Isaiah’s prophecy in chapter 19:19-25.
Blessings,
Don Finto
by donfinto | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
#LifeVerse 5: “The LORD said to Moses, ‘This applies to the Levites. Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the Tent of Meeting, but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. They may assist their brothers in performing the duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites” (Numbers 8:24-25).
This is a life-changing verse for some of us who are “maturing!”
Don’t get too carried away with the word “retire!” You notice that these 50 year olds still “assist” their brothers in performing the duties! This is an intergenerational scripture. The important message is not as much about chronology as it is life-purpose. God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is a God of the generations, and wants us always to be interested in raising up the next generations. There should come a time in our lives when we are more passionate about the next generations than in our own personal performance.
In Bob Buford’s book called Half Time, he suggests that in the first part of our lives we are concerned with success, but then, like half-time in a ball game, we become more interested in significance than in personal success. We want to finish the game well.
Who are the younger men and women around you who need to be encouraged and assisted into the fullness of their destiny? (Even if you are only in your 20s or even teens, there are those younger whom you impact with who you are.)
Blessings,
Don Finto
