"And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." (Genesis 26: 4-5)
We are not blessed because of our obedience, but because of the obedience of someone else.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:" (Ephesians 1: 3)
Another part of the above verse bears pondering.
Abraham obeyed God's voice.
The first mention of "voice" appears here:
"And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden." (Genesis 3: 8)
After Adam and Eve ate from the Forbidden Tree, they hid themselves when they heard the Voice of the Lord.
Abram responded differently:
"1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. . .So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him." (Genesis 12: 1, 4)
Part of walking by faith is that we listen to God's promises, and trust Him to bring them to pass in our lives:
"For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." (2 Corinthians 1: 20)
and
"That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:" (Hebrews 6: 18)
These promises are assured, and we can heed God's voice, because we have peace with God (Romans 5: 1) and this peace rules in our hearts (Colossians 3: 15)
The key to hearing God's voice today rests on the gift of righteousness, so that we do not have to run from God because of condemnation, as there is none in Christ (Romans 8: 1)
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