BRAGADAYJAH 40

Abram’s Question: “Whereby shall I know?” Clearly what Abram was asking for was a sign; some token; something that he could hand his hat and his hopes on; not mere words but something tangible. If Abram was mature and seasons in the ways of God, he would have known; but the truth is, he was not. Speaking about tangibles, Abram had received many; but as has been said earlier, Abram was more focused on what he wanted first and foremost, a son; not the leadership, not the protection, not the wealth, not the land of the Canaanites to which God had led him. Isn’t that the way with all men? Even those men and women who profess a special relationship with the Almighty? Don’t we all have a little of Abram in us? Not Thy way Lord but mine? But Abram we know was called by God and being called, God was having His way with him. What for instance would have happened to Sarai, Abram’s wife in Egypt, if God had not put His fear in the Pharaoh? How else might the Pharaoh had treated Abram for deceiving him, if the Pharaoh was not told that Abram was God’s man? If God was not with him how, else could he have been blessed with Egyptian riches having entered Egypt in poverty? How else could he have vanquished a combined ten armies comprising ten kingdoms if the Almighty had not led him? Yet Abram dared to ask God, “Whereby shall I know?” More