“[God] took him outside and said, ‘Look up at the heavens and count the stars– if indeed you can count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’”

Have you ever had a moment when God provides a revelation, or a bit of encouragement, or a message to you. Off the top of my head I can remember three specific times in my life when the world paused and I felt God saying something. One time I was driving home alone in an ice storm and my car slid out of control. It came to rest on the edge of a deep ditch, I couldn’t step out the driver’s side door without falling ten feet. I crawled out of the passenger’s door and stood staring into the snow for a few minutes. As the snow beat against me I recognized that God was in control.

One time I was questioning God and I prayed, “Give me a sign that you are in control.” Two days later my wife sent me an email with a picture of a positive pregnancy test, (which, honestly, was something we were trying to avoid). In that picture I recognized that God was in control.

One time I sat in alone in a dark car at night trying to discern what it was God was calling me and my church to do. I looked up at the stars, much like Abraham, and as I stared into the darkness I recognized the direction God was calling us to go.

I would encourage you to take the time to listen to what God is saying to you.

“Abram believed the Lord, and [the Lord] credited it to him as righteousness.”

Therion (Wild Beast) may refer to the beasts of the earth or to the metaphysical beast of Revelation.  To subscribe to this podcast please go to iTunes and subscribe to “The Koine Greek Word of the Day Podcast”.