Devotion:
Read Genesis 12:1-3.
It is much easier for me to be a giver than a receiver. Somehow I never feel worthy of attention or gifts. I always want to out give others so I don’t feel beholding. It is a balance I need to work on. When God called Abram and his wife, Sarai, and their nephew Lot to experience a journey, they were about to receive a nation. Of course they were giving away their known way of life. God was on the move to redeem his world and to restore people to himself—and we can see that in the promises of blessing that he gave to Abram.
God works through people, and as he makes us his people, his family, his church, God seeks to mold us as a people of blessing and giving. God promised Abram and his descendants abundant blessings, but those were never meant to be just for them. They were called out as a family to become a blessing to all families. When Jesus came, he gave us grace and eternal life and it is there for all to receive. We are blessed to be a blessing. God wants us to share the Good News.
Personal Worship Option:
Dear God, Thank you for all of the blessings that you give each of us. Help us share those blessings with others. We have received your gifts, so help us give to others. Amen.
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