The Vineyard
I am the vine; you are the
branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit,
for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5
Genesis 26:1-35
Pray for God to speak to you through
the reading of His word.
Read the passage.
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Conduits of Blessing
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God reminds Isaac that it will be
through his offspring that the nations of the earth are blessed. In other words, the mission of the faithful is
not to be blessed, but to be a blessing to others. Do you focus more on being blessed, or being
a blessing to others?
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Learn from Mistakes
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Isaac repeats the mistakes of his
father, lying about Rebekah being his wife.
Abimelech, rather than Isaac, is the one who recognizes the truth and
tries to avoid a sinful situation. Are
you careful to learn from your mistakes, and the mistakes of others? If not, you are doomed to repeat them.
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People over Possessions
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It would have been easy for Isaac to
fight over the wells that his own father had dug, and yet rather than fight
over them he simply finds another well.
Are there times where we choose possessions over people? How can we learn to not fight over things?
Pray that God will teach us how to
be conduits of blessings for others.
Ask God to help us learn from our
past mistakes.
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