You get ME. S1e75 Gen15:1
Abram is promised land and descendent. He has neither.
Abram is linked to a knuckleheaded nephew, whose poor decision making and probable moral compromise pitted Abram’s 318 men against 5 or 9 or 16 Armies founded on the kingdoms that would eventually become the Assyrian Empire about 1000 years down the road.
Abram REJECTS the spoils of war as suggested by King of Sodom
Not gonna take a thread, a sandal strap, a “penny”Abram gives a tithe to either the Lord or a Christ-figure, or His priest and king Melchizadeck. AND THEN THIS HAPPENED
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
Note three things: Don’t be afraid. I am your shield, protector, I am your reward
Central themes of the entire bible. Re-stated in every generation of believer from Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Barak, Sampson, Hezekiah, Hannah and every great and not so great believer until today. Yes, actually TODAY. You get a chance, THE chance that Abram Got and all of our forefathers and formothers got. Gen 15:1
“Do not be afraid, Abram.
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YOU GET ME. Essentially, I am your reward. Your prize is ultimately a relationshipwith ME. **********
Your real prize is a big dose of ME
I am your shield: Eph 6: 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; Jesus is this shield. Appropriation of an ongoing relationship
You are my PORTION, Prize, Partner in relationship
What else really matters? Stuff? Even heritage, legacy,
These are all fine things, but nothing compares with the prize of The Lord, Jesus. ‘
If you want me I’ll be hiding in the arms of the Lord
The Lord says here, and in many places in the Bible more than 100
The PRIZE IS THE Person
If I have the GIVER, the ultimate giver, I have EVERYTHING
I will be with you. I am in relationship with you. I will continue in relationshipwith you. I am not going to drop you
Human wealth is no sure way to greatness
The concept of today’s passage is EXACTLY the title of the Podcast and video: BE WITH ME. I get You God. You are my reward. You are my Person that I trust in.
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Im depending on God
Psalm 7325 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
It is good to be NEAR GOD I get you YOU ARE MY PORTION
BE WITH ME why? THAT I CAN TELL
WHOM have I in HEAVEN but you.Where else can I go? John 6: 66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?
You get ME says the Lord. I am your reward. I am your ultimate goal:
Not stuff, not authority, not legacy, not service, not even obedience
When the STUFF of God becomes more important than the PERSON of God, you know you are in a bad church—probably prosperity Gospel
The REWARD IN GREAT ABUNDANCE is Himself
Be with me = You get ME.
Let’s say the message that Abram got. Believe it. YOU GET ME. Nothing else ultimately matters.
Here is the essence of Christianity: YOU GET ME. My plea: if you don’t have Him, see it, sense it feel the hole: Ask Lord this is what I really want
I receive YOU in. I want this for myself. I want to obey the calling in .
