Bible Poetry Reading Plan: Proverbs 13
Genesis 12:2-3 (NIV); I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name
great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will
curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
God’s plan of redemption, which was promised at the fall and perpetuated through Noah, was
further developed through His servant Abraham. In a conversation with Abraham, God wove a new
thread into the plan and spoke forth a prophecy that would find its fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth.
God promised that the entire earth would be blessed through Abraham if he would get up, leave his
family and follow the Lord to a promised land. In faith, Abraham left his father’s land and his father’s
gods and followed the God of heaven into the unknown.
Now that the peoples of the earth were spreading out, being fruitful and multiplying, God chose to
channel His redemption plan through a nation of people – the Israelites, descendants of Abraham.
Through Abraham and Sarah, a nation would be born – a nation set apart as the Lord’s chosen
people. And out of this nation would come a Redeemer by which all people would be blessed, for
through Him mankind would be reunited with the Father.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. Faith and obedience go together. If we really trust God we will obey Him. Ask God to show you
a situation in your life that He wants to use to grow your faith. What step of obedience does He
want you to take? Pray that you would trust Him and walk in obedience. Ask God to make you
a man/woman of faith.
2. The book of Hebrews reminds us that Abraham lived by faith in that he obeyed God without
ever seeing the fulfillment of God’s promise. Is there something you want to see happen that
you think God has promised you? (To see a loved one come to Christ, to get married, to get a
certain job, etc.) Pray about this. Thank God for what He has told you and ask Him to help you
to be patient. Will you trust God and obey Him even if you have to wait? Even if you never see
the fulfillment of the promise come to pass in your lifetime?
3. Ask God for a word of blessing and encouragement for you today.
