For Future Generations

 오늘의 말씀

 

창세기 22:12-18 (쉬운성경, NASB)

 

12.  천사가 말했습니다. "네 아들에게 손대지 마라. 아무 일도 그에게 하지 마라. 네가 하나밖에 없는 아들을 아낌없이 바치려 하는 것을 내가 보았으니, 네가 하나님을 두려워하는 줄을 이제 내가 알았노라."

He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."

 

13. 아브라함이 눈을 들어 살펴보니 나무에 뿔이 걸려 있는 숫양 한 마리가 보였습니다. 아브라함은 그 양을 잡아다가 자기 아들 대신에 하나님께 번제물로 드렸습니다. 

Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

 

14. 이 일 때문에 아브라함은 그 곳의 이름을 여호와 이레라고 불렀습니다. 그래서 지금까지도 사람들은 '여호와의 산에서 준비될 것이다'라는 말을 합니다. 

Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it will be provided."     

 

15. 여호와의 천사가 두 번째로 하늘에서 아브라함을 불렀습니다. 

 Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

 

16. 천사가 말했습니다. "여호와께서 말씀하셨다. '네가 하나밖에 없는 아들을 아끼지 않고 나에게 바치려 했으므로, 맹세코 내가 너에게 한 가지 약속을 해 주겠노라. 

 and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

 

17. 내가 분명히 너에게 복을 주고 또 많은 자손을 줄 것이다. 네 자손은 하늘의 별처럼 바닷가의 모래처럼 많게 될 것이며, 네 자손은 원수의 성들을 정복하게 될 것이다. 

 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

 

18. 네가 나에게 복종하였으므로, 네 자손을 통해 땅 위의 모든 나라들이 복을 받을 것이다.'" 

 "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

 

 

 I DON'T KNOW MUCH about my greatgrandfather, except that he was blind and a preacher. I've often wondered about him, about his personality, his thoughts, his mission in life. I wonder how he managed his role as a pastor with his blindness. I would have liked to have known him. I also wonder how much of my life is connected to his life. I'll bet it's more than I even imagine. Because he loved the Lord, he taught his children to love the Lord, and their commitments to God influenced the choices my father's generation made. And my father's choices impacted my life. Sometimes, we forget that our choices to obey or disobey God don't just affect the here and now. They set the course for all those who come behind us. Abraham made the difficult choice to obey God, though it broke his heart to do so. Because of his loyalty, God blessed Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the tribes of Israel, which eventually scattered to all the earth. We are still being blessed today because of Abraham's obedience. I want that for my children, and their children, and on down the line. More than a college education or a nice home or fancy clothes, I want them to experience God's blessing. And perhaps I can help that along by living in obedience to God.

 

Renae Brumbaugh

 

Pray today for your future generations.

 

 

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