Main Teaching Text: Genesis 15:5-9
Abraham was a man whose life manifested the blessings of the LORD because he had faith in God. He was so enjoyed God's blessings in every sense possible that the best anyone could account of him was in estimates for instance, accounting for the sand at sea shore. A blessed man is one who cannot be estimated on the basis of material possession; if your exact value and worth can be determined by man or systems, it means you have not started walking in the blessing of God.
In verse 5 of Genesis chapter 15, God shows how much the Children of Abraham will be, and Abraham believed what God had spoken because he saw pictures as he walked in obedience (verse 7). It is easy to believe God when you see pictures in scriptures.
Abraham never stopped at seeing pictures even after God told him that he will inherit the land. Abraham went further to ask God for an assurance Genesis 15 verse 8 says, "But he said, “Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?”. This asking came after he had walked the length and breath of the land (read Genesis 13:14-15)
Abraham's act of asking for an assurance to the promise God gave him was not a show of faithlessness, but was necessary because there was no token for God's promise. It is important we know that even in the promise of God there is a token, so the promise of God is His covenant and births His covenant.
Abraham asked for an assurance because he needed a token from God which God met in verse 9. If God honored Abraham's request concerning His promise him even as under this dispensation as believers in Christ we also need a token/ assurance of God's promises. However, by God's providence, we no longer have to request for assurance because, we have Jesus Christ. For us, Jesus is the Father's token of and for assurance for all of His promises.
This is why, all the promises of God are YES in Christ Jesus, 2 Corinthians 1:19-20 says,"Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and he is the one whom Timothy, Silas, and I have preached to you—and he has never been both a “yes” and a “no.” He has always been and always will be for us a resounding “YES!” For all of God’s promises find their “yes” of fulfillment in him. And as his “yes” and our “amen” ascend to God, we bring him glory!"
Therefore, we can boldly declare as believers under the New Testament that, Jesus is our assurance /token that qualifies us to receive God's promises.
Grace to you.
Jesus is Lord.
Ps:Listen to this teaching, God has something in it for you
