The Lord Be With You Today!
Genesis 23:2b, 19-20
. . . and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah
in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre
(which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
So the field and the cave in it
were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.
(In this first land purchased in the Promised Land
and the only land Abraham owned in it became a burial site,
the Lord shows us that where He places us on this earth
is a place where we die to self and look toward the next life,
a reminder for us that the place the Lord gives us on this earth
should be used to bury all that is of the world and our flesh.
Also, in another amazing picture of the Lord's
detailed and minute planning for His people,
the Lord has led Abraham to this new land
to allow him to begin the lineage of a new people,
and now Sarah's death gives Abraham ownership of this land
since in that culture it was customary for families to be buried together,
making his claim to the land politically and legally even stronger.
Later, in fact, not only were Abraham and Sarah both buried there in Hebron,
but also Isaac and Rebeca and Jacob and Leah.
The teaching for us is that the Lord gives us ownership
of the land where He has placed us,
both to live out our lives in service to what He calls us
and also, finally, having completed our mission, to give us rest in Him.
Sarah's death is a picture of the rest the Lord offers us
in the life He asks us to walk out as we fulfill His design for us.
We can trust Him to give us a rich and noble rest in Him
as we complete the areas of obedience to which He calls us.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
513 254 3874
Genesis 23:2b, 19-20
. . . and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah
in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre
(which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
So the field and the cave in it
were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.
(In this first land purchased in the Promised Land
and the only land Abraham owned in it became a burial site,
the Lord shows us that where He places us on this earth
is a place where we die to self and look toward the next life,
a reminder for us that the place the Lord gives us on this earth
should be used to bury all that is of the world and our flesh.
Also, in another amazing picture of the Lord's
detailed and minute planning for His people,
the Lord has led Abraham to this new land
to allow him to begin the lineage of a new people,
and now Sarah's death gives Abraham ownership of this land
since in that culture it was customary for families to be buried together,
making his claim to the land politically and legally even stronger.
Later, in fact, not only were Abraham and Sarah both buried there in Hebron,
but also Isaac and Rebeca and Jacob and Leah.
The teaching for us is that the Lord gives us ownership
of the land where He has placed us,
both to live out our lives in service to what He calls us
and also, finally, having completed our mission, to give us rest in Him.
Sarah's death is a picture of the rest the Lord offers us
in the life He asks us to walk out as we fulfill His design for us.
We can trust Him to give us a rich and noble rest in Him
as we complete the areas of obedience to which He calls us.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
513 254 3874
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