15 day plan

A Shared Future

Day 13 of 15

GNT

Genesis 12:3

3 I will bless those who bless you,

But I will curse those who curse you.

And through you I will bless all the nations.”

Further reading:  Jacob blesses his seed: Genesis 48 and 49

Pandanus : The pandanus tree is either male or female and produces large seedpods. Its fruit contain multiple seeds and each seed can contain up to three plants. Seeds can be widely distributed, by animals, rivers and streams.

Indigenous: The deep-seeded uniqueness of the Indigenous people has continued to sprout and flourish in spite of seemingly insurmountable obstacles throughout their history. We’ve seen through this study series some examples of those obstacles: loss of voice, no treaty and the truth of their stories not being fully disclosed. God is mobilizing people towards the goal of, “working together for a shared future”.

Joseph:   God positioned Joseph to be an integral part in God’s covenant promise to bless all the families of the earth by saving them during the famine and Jacob blessed his seed (descendants) before he died.

Questions: What legacy are you leaving for future generations?

Prayer: Lord, may the seeds of my life be planted in fertile soil, rooted in you, grounded in love and watered by the Word – so that a bountiful harvest will be reaped.

Genesis 12:1-20

God's Call to Abram

1 The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's home, and go to a land that I am going to show you. 2I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you,

But I will curse those who curse you.

And through you I will bless all the nations.”

4When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him. 5Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the wealth and all the slaves they had acquired in Haran, and they started out for the land of Canaan.

When they arrived in Canaan, 6Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were still living in the land.) 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “This is the country that I am going to give to your descendants.” Then Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the Lord. 9Then he moved on from place to place, going toward the southern part of Canaan.

Abram in Egypt

10But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while. 11When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “You are a beautiful woman. 12When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live. 13 Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well.” 14When he crossed the border into Egypt, the Egyptians did see that his wife was beautiful. 15Some of the court officials saw her and told the king how beautiful she was; so she was taken to his palace. 16Because of her the king treated Abram well and gave him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

17But because the king had taken Sarai, the Lord sent terrible diseases on him and on the people of his palace. 18Then the king sent for Abram and asked him, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? 19Why did you say that she was your sister, and let me take her as my wife? Here is your wife; take her and get out!” 20The king gave orders to his men, so they took Abram and put him out of the country, together with his wife and everything he owned.