“Father Abraham”
BIBLE
READING: Galatians 1-3
“Father Abraham…had many sons…had many sons
had Father Abraham…I am one of them and so are you…So let’s all praise the
Lord….”
That song haunted me as a Youth Minister for years. How is it, that the
one song you can’t stand the most is the one song the kids always want to sing?
It was redundant, it was annoying, and you always seemed to lose control after
it. Although the song is not one of my favorites, the concept of the song
is. Ever since the first grade I became infatuated with the Promise that
God made to Abraham in Genesis 12. In that Promise, God had told Abraham
that every nation of the earth would be blessed through him. He promised
him, in a vision, that he would have descendants that would number the stars in
the sky and the sand on the shore. As a kid I never understood how that would
be possible; it would be impossible for one man to have that many
children. Well, just as Jesus said in Matthew 19.26 "With
man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Paul
does a good job at explaining how this can be possible in his letter to the
Galatians. In Galatians 3.27-29 he reveals to us that when we are baptized into
Christ, we have put on Christ. Once we have put on Christ, we become
adopted into His family through His blood. Once we are part of Jesus’s
family, we then become a “blood” (of Jesus) relative of His, making us part of
His family. His ancestor is Abraham, therefore making us an “heir
according to Abraham’s Promise” (Galatians 3.29). I do have an
opportunity to lead that song occasionally, and although it isn’t my favorite
song, I thank God for its meaning every day!!
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