Today's readings are Genesis 24.32-52 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Gen.+24.32-52 ), Genesis 24.61-67 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Gen.+24.61-67 ), Mark 8.1-21 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Mark+8.1-21 ), and Genesis 25.1-26.35 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Gen.+25.1-26.35 ).
I'll take the final passage for a comment today. In Genesis 26.3-5 God comes to Isaac and renews the promises he made to Abraham. Observe that his renewal of the promise is based not on Isaac's faithfulness or activities but because Isaac is within the people destined by God to receive this promise and blessing. It is due to Abraham's faith, and Abraham's being the person who received the promise of God that the promise is extended to Isaac.
While we never wish to depend on someone else's faith to save us, we do want to depend on someone else's faithfulness. God has revealed salvation to the world, all who believe. The promise is that the Lord will bless the whole world through Abraham. That includes us.
As we exercise our faith and try to hold fast to the promises and commands of our Lord and Savior, we, like Isaac, must believe that the promise of God is based on someone else's faithfulness. Jesus has completed salvation on our behalf, becoming sin for us. Rejoice that the Lord has brought the promise to fruition and that, even with our imperfect faith, we become children of promise just like Isaac.
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