Date: 01-08-2021

Title: Genealogy

(S) cripture:
    Genesis 25:12-26 (NLT2) This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant. 13 Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped. 17 Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death. 18 Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives. 19 This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham. 20 When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. 21 Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins. 22 But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked. 23 And the LORD told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.” 24 And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins! 25 The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau. 26 Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

(O) bservation:
    Today was mostly a reading of genealogies and that is not very exciting. I chose the passage above because it gives the genealogy of Abraham’s sons, Ishmael and Isaac. It is interesting that they did come together to bury their father with his wife Sarah.

(A) pplication:
    Today was tough in making application to my life. The more I thought, though, it is important to know where you came from. It is important that I know about my roots in the McClure and Robinson families and the Wood and Crouch families. I am so fortunate because in these four families all have been people of faith. That faith has been passed down from generation to generation and now that faith is being passed to our children and to their children. I was honored to baptize my grandson, Jase this past Sunday. He now knows the power of a heritage of faith.

(P) rayer:
    Father, thank you for the family you placed me into. Their faith has helped me shape and form my own. Thank you for allowing Becky and me to pass that faith on to our daughters and now on to our grandchildren. Amen