Abraham is now approximatly 140 years old. He was 75 when we picked up his story in Genesis 12. We have seen the faithfulness of the immutable God of the covenant unceasingly bless him in all things. God even uses Abraham’s sin to sanctify and bring about His eternal purposes!
Has the well run dry? Can God supply last another generation? This is a grace consuming endeavor, will God’s steadfast love endure to the next generation?
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations… – Deuteronomy 7:9
God’s covenant faithfulness knows no generation gaps. God is not unable to relate to any generation. The covenant in which God was faithful to Abraham is the covenant in which He will be faithful to Isaac, and it is the covenant in which He will be faithful to you (Galatians 3:29).
Do you feel distant from the Old Testament? Are you unable to relate to Abraham? You may be 4000 years removed from Abraham, but His God as close to you in the same covenant relationship. Douglas Stewart reminds us:
If you are a Christian, the Old Testament is your spiritual history. The promises and calling of God to Israel are you historical promises and calling.
This then is a story not simply of God continuing on his faithfulness to Isaac, but to you. If you are in Christ, all the redemptive history recorded for you in God’s Holy Word is the story of His faithfulness to you!
How foolish of us to question God’s faithfulness to us in the last few hours or years when the last few millennia scream to us, “God is faithful” – eternally, unceasingly, immutably, and unfailingly.
No Other Boast 
This is one of those extra bright spots in Genesis! Really great.
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