Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 28: 3-4
MEDITATION
Genesis 28:3-4
3 May God Almighty bless you,
And make you fruitful and multiply you,
That you may be an assembly of peoples;
4 And give you the blessing of Abraham,
To you and your descendants with you,
That you may inherit the land
In which you are a stranger,
Which God gave to Abraham.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. This was the “blessing” that Isaac gave to Jacob
a. It was a prayer.
b. It was a farewell prayer for Jacob.
2. Content of this prayer
a. The LORD’s name was invoked. “May God Almighty bless you.”
b. Prayer for future blessing
i. To be fruitful in all his endeavours.
ii. To be productive as far as his family was concerned (children).
iii. His family would become “an assembly of peoples”.
3. The blessing of Abraham
a. Abraham was singularly blessed.
b. This was a genuine desire and hope for Jacob to be as personally blessed.
c. One of the promises of God was that Abraham and his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan. Isaac was aware of this and he prayed that this would be fulfilled in Jacob’s life.
d. This was a promise that God gave to Abraham, but it was not yet fulfilled.
e. Isaac echoed the faith of his father Abraham and gave this word of assurance to Jacob before he left his home in Canaan for Padan Aram.
经文：创世记 28：3-4
沉思
《创世记 28：3-4》
3 愿全能的神赐福给你，使你生养众多，成为多族，4 将应许亚伯拉罕的福赐给你和你的后裔，使你承受你所寄居的地为业，就是神赐给亚伯拉罕的地。”