Genesis 15 thoughts
When my wife and I talked about this chapter, Jenn was amazed that Abram followed up the verse “and he believed!” with immediate doubt. I have the same feeling about Abram, but at the same time he’s literally facing something as fact defying as a virgin birth. He and his barren wife are supposed to populate a nation and he just can’t see how it’ll happen.
I keep waiting to see a gracious Abram, but maybe I’m demanding too much. I do confess a bit of frustration that he seems spared the punishment that I’m associating with his sometimes-failed faith God promised to Abram’s descendants. Perhaps thought it’s not a punishment; perhaps it’s just the reality of the situation and God’s letting him know in advance.
Thoughts of your own on chapter 15? Comment away.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:15 am
jebus-ites….ha
really, though, i thought it was interesting that sometimes when we get what we want, it’s not necessarily in the way we want it. He’s getting what he dreams of - a family - a huge one - but the catch? “your descendants will live as outsiders in a land not theirs; they’ll be enslaved and beaten down for 400 years.” Ouch.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
Great point. I imagine that’s the sort of prescient knowledge that would really cause a profound period of reflection.