June 2. Who are the children of Abraham? In you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed,

Genesis 12.3. You who hope in Christ and follow Him in the obedience of faith are Abraham's descendants

and heirs of His covenant promises. God said to Abraham in Genesis 174,

Behold, my covenant is with you and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

But Genesis makes plain that Abraham did not father a multitude of nations in a physical or political sense.

Therefore, the meaning of God's promise was probably that a multitude of nations would somehow

enjoy the blessings of sonship, even though physically unrelated to Abraham.

That's no doubt what God meant. In Genesis 12, 3, when he said to Abraham,

in you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed. From the very beginning, God had in view

that Jesus Christ would be the descendant of Abraham and that everyone who trusts in Christ

would become an heir of Abraham's promise. Paul says in Galatians 329, if you are Christ's, then you

are Abraham's offspring. Heirs according to the promise. So, when God said to Abraham

4,000 years ago, behold, my covenant is with you and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations,

he opened the way for any one of us, no matter what nation we belong to,

to become a child of Abraham and an heir of God's promises.

All we have to do is share the faith of Abraham.

That is, bank our hope on God's promises so much

that if obedience requires it,

we could give up our dearest possession,

like Abraham gave up Isaac.

We don't become heirs of Abraham's promises by working for God,

but by being confident that God works for us.

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