Seize the Moment – Day 394
Blessed are the Peacemakers!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, April 15.
Are you a peacemaker?
It is only possible to be a peacemaker when you dwell in the security of God’s promises. Genesis 13 is a wonderful example of being a peacemaker as we watch God’s chosen man graciously deal with a close family member.
Genesis 13:8-9 shows us how Abram dealt with his nephew Lot, who seems to be getting too big for his britches: “So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.’”
We know that Abram was a powerful man, but instead of using his power of position and wealth to get his way, he made a way for his nephew to prosper and he cultivated peace through generosity and grace.
Are there situations in your life, today, where you can do the same thing?
Immediately afterwards, in Genesis 13:14-15, God gave Abram the assurance of His covenant faithfulness: “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever.”
God honored Abram for being a peacemaker and, in doing so, assured Abram of His promise! Just as Jesus assures you and me in Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
Seize the moment and be a peacemaker in your relationships and in the situations of our world, starting with those closest to you.
Let’s recite this week’s memory verse from 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”