We learn now about the terms of blessing for the church. We remember that Abraham and his family are the typical church of those days.
That is exactly like us. We believe in Christ. We believe in heaven. We believe in the perseverance of the saints: that God will keep us all the journey through. And yet we are constantly thrown into alarms and fears along the way – this terrible thing, or that terrible thing is going to happen. It is a strange contradiction. You believe and nobody can shake that belief out of you: in the goodness of God, in your salvation and the promise of Christ, and yet there is this tendency to have all sorts of fears and concerns along the route.