READ:
GENESIS 21:1-14
“And the LORD visited
Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He has spoken.” (Genesis 21:1). God is a covenant
keeper. Jesus said: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass
away.” (Matthew 24:35). In other words, Jesus was saying that it is
easier for heaven and earth, as large and well-established as they are, to be
shaken and completely destroyed, than for God’s words to fail. This is why I
have the unshakable assurance that everything God has promised me will
materialise. God always keeps his promises, no matter how impossible they may
sound. God will fufil every promise he has made to you, in Jesus’ Name. All you
have to do is satisfy every condition he has spelt out for you.
Abraham, in obedience to God’s requirements, circumcised Isaac. There are two classes of people in this world: those who are circumcised and those who are not. Just as physical circumcision is biologically beneficial to men, so also is spiritual circumcision of great benefit to the sons of God. If you are a child of God, you are a son of God irrespective of your gender. “Beloved, now we are children of god; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as he is.” (1 John 3:2). Abraham himself was circumcised, and his household (Genesis 17:23-27). If you say you are a child of Abraham, then you must be circumcised. But this circumcision God is requesting of you is not a physical or outward but that of the heart (Romans 2:28-29). You must do the works of Abraham to prove you are the same breed. Like father, like son.
The old man has to die. The self must be crucified. You must be wholly devoted and consecrated to God, to the point where, like John the Baptist, you say that Christ must increase and the self decrease daily. Circumcision is painful. It will cost you some sacrifice. You may have to lay all on the altar. You may have to willingly surrender your will to Christ and be ready to be his fool. A circumcised heart is holy, a place where God can stay. God has no room for the uncircumcised. Go to God today and ask him to circumcise your heart.
Abraham, in obedience to God’s requirements, circumcised Isaac. There are two classes of people in this world: those who are circumcised and those who are not. Just as physical circumcision is biologically beneficial to men, so also is spiritual circumcision of great benefit to the sons of God. If you are a child of God, you are a son of God irrespective of your gender. “Beloved, now we are children of god; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as he is.” (1 John 3:2). Abraham himself was circumcised, and his household (Genesis 17:23-27). If you say you are a child of Abraham, then you must be circumcised. But this circumcision God is requesting of you is not a physical or outward but that of the heart (Romans 2:28-29). You must do the works of Abraham to prove you are the same breed. Like father, like son.
The old man has to die. The self must be crucified. You must be wholly devoted and consecrated to God, to the point where, like John the Baptist, you say that Christ must increase and the self decrease daily. Circumcision is painful. It will cost you some sacrifice. You may have to lay all on the altar. You may have to willingly surrender your will to Christ and be ready to be his fool. A circumcised heart is holy, a place where God can stay. God has no room for the uncircumcised. Go to God today and ask him to circumcise your heart.
MEMORIZE:
1 JOHN 3:2 –Beloved, now we are children of god; and it has not yet been revealed
what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him,
for we shall see Him as he is.
