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Reformed Devotionals Daily Podcast

Reformed Devotionals Daily Podcast

著者： Bringing the timeless truths of Scripture into the everyday lives of believers
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 Bringing the timeless truths of Scripture into the everyday lives of believers. Each day we take the next piece of the Bible and reflect on it together to help you see how Jesus is the hero of every passage of scripture. Each day we also have a spiritual challenge for you to help you grow.

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  • Genesis 21:22-34 - A Treaty With Abimelech

    Genesis 21:22-34 - A Treaty With Abimelech
    2025/07/20
    Genesis 21:22–34 (ESV)At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, God is with you in all that you do. Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned. And Abraham said, I will swear. When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized, Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today. So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant. Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. And Abimelech said to Abraham, what is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart? He said, these seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well. Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath. So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.What we are encountering here in this story is a really everyday life scene of what it meant to live in the ancient Bronze Age era. So there's this neighborly treaty making happening between Abimelech, the Philistine king and his general and Abram. And the reason they want to make this treaty is because they've noticed that God is with Abram in everything that he does.And in this time period, treaties about land and water rights were a pretty normal thing to happen. They were part of normal diplomacy in the ancient Near East. But it's the covenant that God has made with Abraham, the fact that God is with Abraham in everything he does, that actually becomes the breeding ground, the foundation upon which this covenant or this treaty rests.Now, it's important for us to recognize that water rights were a really important part of living in a desert-like area. When you live in a desert, a single well, like the well of Beersheba, is a survival issue. And so when Abimelech's men seized Abram's well, well, they effectively threatened his future in the land. They were threatening the life of God's covenant people.And so Abram brings this up and he tells Abimelech, you know, if we're going to make this treaty, you need to deal with the situation where your people have seized my well, my water rights. And then Abram provides these seven ewe lambs as a kind of public receipt almost. It's like a rubber stamp that says this well really belongs to Abram. And the fact that the king now has these ewe lambs show and provide proof that in fact this is Abram who dug the well, not the king.Now interestingly, as this treaty is signed and sealed and put into place, something special happens. Abraham plants a tamarisk tree and there he calls on God, on Yahweh al-Olam, the everlasting God. So even though this was a normal everyday experience, a normal everyday treaty that was made between two leaders of the area, it ends in a worship, a liturgy, if you like.It reminds us that, as Kuyper famously said, every square inch of our lives belongs to God. Even boring border negotiations and negotiations over a well should result in our worship of God. It sits under God's sovereign reign. God is the everlasting God, the forever God who reigns everlastingly over every aspect of our life. And so we should treat everything we do as an act of worship to God. Whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, we should do it as an act of worship.Lessons from This Ordinary TreatyNow, this is important for us because it shows us that our integrity or the way that God deals with us and what people see of our lives ultimately tell a story. Abimelech is seeking this treaty with Abram precisely because Abram has had this God-shaped life, or at least that God is seen clearly through Abram's life. Everything Abram does, in everything he does, God is with him, says Abimelech. And so even though Abram himself has had ups and downs and his faith has not always been particularly clean and holy, nevertheless, God has walked with Abraham. And so the fact that God continues to walk with Abraham becomes the basis and the foundation upon which this treaty is built.And so it's precisely because of the God-shaped nature of Abraham's life. Abraham walked with God that these people seek to make this treaty. How we live our lives before God show other people who we are and also whose we are. And therefore we need to live our lives according to God and his purposes.Part of our covenant lives, part of living under God's reign is also to promote peace within the areas that we live. So Abraham could have nursed this grudge because his well ...
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  • Genesis 21:8-21 - Water in the Wilderness

    Genesis 21:8-21 - Water in the Wilderness
    2025/07/17
    Genesis 21:8–21 (ESV)And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring. So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, let me not look on the death of the child. And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, what troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Up, lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation. Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.This passage marks a transition point within the story of Isaac and Abraham and Hagar and Ishmael. We read that Isaac is having a weaning feast, and so he's grown up enough that finally he can be weaned and become a more independent person as part of the story.This really is telling us that this promised child—the child that God had promised, the one through whom Abraham's offspring will be reckoned—is thriving. But at the same time, she sees Ishmael laughing or mocking Isaac at this feast. And like any kind of mama bear, her instinct explodes and she decides, "Okay, now is the time to get rid of Hagar, the slave woman, and her son Ishmael," even though she, Sarah, was the one who had originally proposed the plan that Abram would have a son by her slave.So she goes to Abram and she demands, "Cast out the slave woman and her son." It feels harsh to us. It feels wrong. And yet God tells Abraham, "Actually, no, listen to her. Do what she says, because the covenant line is not bound up in the son Ishmael. It's not bound up in Hagar's child. It is bound up in Isaac."So the covenant line must run through Isaac alone. And so the family has to be cleaned out, if you like, from this child that wasn't the promised child. This child that was the result of human planning against God's will.Remember what God had promised to Abraham: that he would make him into a great nation, that he would give him a land—the land of Israel—and that he would make him a blessing to all nations. This promise, this blessing to all nations shouldn't be muddled up through a child that is not the child of promise. And so, yes, God says, "Listen to Sarah and cast Hagar out."Now, it's important for us to notice here that God doesn't do this without compassion or because he's vindictive or something like that. He actually provides for Hagar and for Ishmael as the story continues. In fact, God fulfills some of the promise to Abraham through Ishmael himself, and he does make him into a great nation that will one day be a constant thorn in the flesh of Israel. But God keeps his promises even when they complicate matters.And so Hagar and Ishmael are cast out, and Hagar wanders with Ishmael through the desert. Eventually their water runs out, their hope is gone, and an angel calls from heaven and says to her, "Fear not, for God has heard the boy." The same God who is protecting his covenant promise is the same God who is safeguarding Isaac and is now the same God who opens a well here for the rejected Hagar and for Ishmael and provides for them for a future by providing for them with water now.Three Important LessonsThis is an important passage for us to wrestle with because it really shows us a couple of things about human nature which I think are important for us to think about.Firstly, jealousy is a terrible thing and it is going to break communities wherever it goes. The mockery of Ishmael to Isaac at the feast shows us how quickly the joy that we should be having—in this case joy that he's weaned, that he's doing well, that he's succeeding at life, if you will—ruins the celebration of joy. And we see this throughout family lines today. We see ...
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  • Genesis 21:1-7 - The Laughing Baby Arrives

    Genesis 21:1-7 - The Laughing Baby Arrives
    2025/07/16

    Ever feel like you're stuck in God's waiting room? In this compelling episode, we dive into the long-awaited birth of Isaac and discover what it really means when God's plan finally comes together. Using the nostalgic A-Team reference "I love it when a plan comes together," we explore how Sarah and Abraham waited 25 years for God's promise to be fulfilled. From cynical laughter to joyful celebration, from human scheming to divine timing, this message tackles our culture's demand for immediate gratification and challenges us to trust in God's perfect schedule. Whether you're facing singleness, illness, career setbacks, or any situation that feels like a dead end, this episode offers hope that God's delays aren't denials—they're divine orchestration for something far greater than we can imagine.



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