Core Message
God answers fear with promise, receives faith, and binds Himself with a covenant of guaranteed future.
Flow
- Abram fears childlessness; God directs him to count stars.
- “He believed… counted as righteousness.”
- Covenant ritual: cut animals, deep sleep, smoking fire pot passes through.
- Prophecy of 400 years in a foreign land and eventual return.
Key Verses
- 15:6 Faith credited as righteousness.
- Apply: trust is received before performance.
- 15:17-18 God alone walks the path.
- Apply: covenant rests on God’s fidelity.
Notes
- Fire and smoke signal God’s presence shouldering the covenant curses.
- Delayed timing (fourth generation) shows patience in justice.
Today’s Practice
- Bring your specific fear to God; look at “stars” of His promises.
- Rest in grace: righteousness is received, not achieved.