Gen 13:14-18 | KingComments | STEP | Abram gives Lot the choice. Is he the one who is worst off? No. Now that he is free from Lot, the LORD comes to him. And He shows him something! Lot himself has lifted up his eyes ( ), but the LORD tells Abram to lift up his eyes. Then he doesn’t see a small part of the land, but the whole land. He not only sees it now, but also gets a look into the future: his offspring, who cannot be counted, will also live there. First he gets to see everything and then he can enjoy it. He is allowed to walk about the land in all its vastness. By going on walking he takes possession of it, as it were. So it is for us with regard to our spiritual blessings. We may know that we own them, but by engaging in them, examining them in Scripture under prayer, we will practically take them into our possession and enjoy them. Abram is not offered a choice – he may see what the LORD has chosen for him ( ). Then you’re fortunate! That is the reward for being dependent on God. Lot wants to have everything and loses everything, Abram leaves everything and gets everything. Whoever leaves the choice to God never will be disappointed ( ). Abram does not settle at Sodom, but at Hebron. “Hebron” means ‘fellowship’. Abram lives in fellowship with God. Again he builds an altar to worship the LORD. All we have enjoyed of the spiritual blessings God has given us will lead us to worship its Giver.

‏ Genesis 13:14-18

The Part of Abram

Abram gives Lot the choice. Is he the one who is worst off? No. Now that he is free from Lot, the LORD comes to him. And He shows him something! Lot himself has lifted up his eyes (Gen 13:10), but the LORD tells Abram to lift up his eyes. Then he doesn’t see a small part of the land, but the whole land. He not only sees it now, but also gets a look into the future: his offspring, who cannot be counted, will also live there.

First he gets to see everything and then he can enjoy it. He is allowed to walk about the land in all its vastness. By going on walking he takes possession of it, as it were. So it is for us with regard to our spiritual blessings. We may know that we own them, but by engaging in them, examining them in Scripture under prayer, we will practically take them into our possession and enjoy them.

Abram is not offered a choice – he may see what the LORD has chosen for him (Psa 47:4a). Then you’re fortunate! That is the reward for being dependent on God. Lot wants to have everything and loses everything, Abram leaves everything and gets everything. Whoever leaves the choice to God never will be disappointed (Psa 22:5b).

Abram does not settle at Sodom, but at Hebron. “Hebron” means ‘fellowship’. Abram lives in fellowship with God. Again he builds an altar to worship the LORD. All we have enjoyed of the spiritual blessings God has given us will lead us to worship its Giver.