Day 26 – Day off

I hope that you have enjoyed a week looking at Abraham and the promises that God gave to him. I wonder what new things you now know about this “father” of the Jewish nation, and a little bit more about why we, as Christians, should know about him and the promises that God gave to him all those years ago. I bet you didn’t know all the stories you read.

Yesterday’s passages were hard, weren’t they. Harry and Jonah – I look forward to talking through those passages, and indeed all the things since Genesis 12, with you on Monday when we next meet.

This week the focus will shift to Isaac, Abraham and Sarah’s son, and then on to his relationship with his son Esau, and Esau’s relationship with his brother Jacob. It’s fascinating stuff from a biblical perspective, as well as simply a human perspective, as we see the fight for power and influence between the two brothers. You’ve heard of “Abraham, Isaac and Jacob” and now you’ll really get to know all about all three.

You might remember that this reading plan is not the full bible, and we’ll skip chunks of stuff from time to time. Maybe you’re thinking the pace is quite slow. We’re 25 days in as we’re only at Genesis 19! There’s lots and lots of chapters of the bible ahead of us, aren’t there! But we’re taking it steady as there’s just so much foundation and important stuff in Genesis. In fact, we’re going to be reading pretty much everything in this book, save for a couple of chapters here and there. We won’t be leaving Genesis until around the middle of February. In my mind, that’s a great thing, as Genesis has so many fascinating stories, not least of which is Jacob and his twelve sons, whom we’ll meet next month.

Make sure you’re fully up to date by the end of today, especially you lads whom I’ll be meeting up with tomorrow. See you at church!

PS… wasn’t it great singing this last Sunday after looking at Job 38 just the day before? 😉