Here Comes the Pain
And God also said to Abraham, "As for you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep My covenant. This is My covenant, which you are to keep, between Me and you and your offspring after you: Every one of your males must be circumcised. You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between Me and you. Throughout your generations, every male among you at eight days old is to be circumcised. Genesis 17:9-12
Now I wonder if Abraham had ever heard of circumcision. I would like to have been a fly on the wall and watched Abraham's face. A 99 year old man was being told he had to face a painful demonstration of his loyalty and relationship with God.
Why do we buck when God requires us to have a circumcised heart? What is that? A heart only for Him, a heart not tainted with worldly pleasures. Having stuff is not the concern it is whether the stuff has us. We know the answer to this when someone breaks our stuff, takes our stuff or fails to respect our stuff. This is definitely not as painful as physical circumcision, that is unless our stuff owns us.
As I write this I am looking out a window at the Crown Promenade in Melbourne, Australia. I am on top of the world in a little luxury. I am in Melbourne for a work conference. As much as a little luxury is nice now and then, home is better, especially in the company of two loving dogs. I remember a time when I had to give up my dogs, as a test. I thought it was forever but God had a plan. I am grateful for such loving companionship.
Now I wonder if Abraham had ever heard of circumcision. I would like to have been a fly on the wall and watched Abraham's face. A 99 year old man was being told he had to face a painful demonstration of his loyalty and relationship with God.
Why do we buck when God requires us to have a circumcised heart? What is that? A heart only for Him, a heart not tainted with worldly pleasures. Having stuff is not the concern it is whether the stuff has us. We know the answer to this when someone breaks our stuff, takes our stuff or fails to respect our stuff. This is definitely not as painful as physical circumcision, that is unless our stuff owns us.
As I write this I am looking out a window at the Crown Promenade in Melbourne, Australia. I am on top of the world in a little luxury. I am in Melbourne for a work conference. As much as a little luxury is nice now and then, home is better, especially in the company of two loving dogs. I remember a time when I had to give up my dogs, as a test. I thought it was forever but God had a plan. I am grateful for such loving companionship.
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