Genesis Jesus - God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Devotional
16th week: Genesis Jesus - God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob! It’s interesting that everywhere in the Bible the Lord called Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. There’s a richness of revelation in this, and many spiritual parallels that can be drawn.
“Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Exodus 3:6 (KJV)
Abraham is the father of faith. He is God’s pioneer, showing us that we must always have faith, even to the point of leaving the old things behind and moving completely by faith into the new territories the Lord has for us. God is a God of faith; we are encouraged to have faith in God (or, as the original Greek puts it in Mark 11:22, the faith of God), and Hebrews 11:6 tells us that it is impossible to please God without faith.
Isaac is a symbol of obedience to God and to the natural and spiritual authority the Lord has placed over us. Isaac was so obedient that even when he found out that he was to be the sacrificial lamb, he was willing to obey God and his father, even to the point of death. Obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22).
Jacob is an example of repentance, humility and crushing of our self-centeredness. He had tried it all his way first (and did obtain the blessing of his father by deception), but he knew it was not right in the eyes of God. So, he humbled himself before the Lord and sought the Lord’s real blessing, which he did receive. This time it came not through deception, but through transformation of his character – from Jacob (a deceiver) to Israel (a Prince with God – Genesis 32:28).
The natural seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was Joseph, who ministered God’s salvation in the tie of natural hunger upon the face of the whole Earth. Spiritually speaking, if we combine God’s faith, obedience to God (even to the point of being willing to die for Him), repentance, humility and crushing of our self-centeredness, what will come out will be people that will bring God’s salvation to this spiritually hungry world we are living in.
Genesis Jesus - GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
Nikola Dimitrov
Pastor, Bible Teacher, Preacher, Translator, Publisher and Author
