Even kings take notice
Genesis 26:3-5 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
Someone close to me pointed me to Genesis last night, primarily the story of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Isaac had followed in his fathers footsteps in so many ways. He had fled the land when there was famine; he had feared for his life like Abraham had with Sarah and lied about it; but just like Abraham he had sought God in all of it. He spent his life listening to God and working all his life for God. He repeatedly dug wells to provide water, and avoided confrontations over the wells; he simply moved to anther until he felt God tell him all was ok, and this one was his. He continually sought God’s direction, and listened and obeyed when God spoke. His life drew the attention of those that noticed the anointing he had, and even pagan kings let him pass freely in fear of Isaac’s God.
God is not slack on his promises. God told Abraham he would bless him, and He reminded Isaac of that covenant with his father. Isaac would seek to remain in the center of God’s will in all that he did. He would fail at times, but his heart was after God and the things of God, and he was a testimony to those he came in contact with. How hard do you try to live your life for God? How much time do you invest in seeking God in prayer and his Word? There is a direct relation to that time and the anointing that you have in your life. How will you hear the voice of God; bigger question is how will you discern it is the voice of God? Only a heart for God? 1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Abimelech, the pagan king who told Isaac to flee his land after Isaac lied to him, was so impacted by Isaac that he wanted peace with him. He sought Isaac out in another land to form an oath of peace. Genesis 26:28 But they said, “We have certainly seen that the Lord is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ “ You can be just as Isaac; you can become a disciple of Christ, with the anointing of Christ for all to see in this world far from God. He can use you to attest to the power He has, and use you to reach others with your life. All you must do is to seek God with all your heart, mind, body, and soul; listen and obey Him when he speaks to you, and others will take notice of your love of your Lord just as the pagan king saw in Isaac.
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