From Promise Preserved to Deliverance Prepared.. From Genesis to Exodus: Same Promise, New Setting… We ended Genesis with Joseph’s death (Gen 50:26), but not with the end of God’s promises. Exodus opens by reminding us of names—the sons of Jacob (Exod 1:1–5). This is intentional. God is saying: I have not forgotten. What began as 70 people in Egypt…
From Fear to Fulfillment: God Goes With His People… After reconciliation in Genesis 45, the story now turns from emotional healing to movement. Jacob must leave the land of promise and go down to Egypt — something his grandfather Abraham once did in fear (Gen 12:10), and something Isaac was later told not to do (Gen 26:2). So…
Faithfulness in Loss, Love in the Ordinary.. Genesis 23 — Faith That Buys a Grave Grief with hope (Genesis 23:1–2) Sarah dies at 127 years old, and Abraham mourns deeply. Scripture does not rush past his grief. Faith does not cancel sorrow. Yet what Abraham does next is remarkable. Owning a promise before possessing it (Genesis 23:3–20)…
Fear, Failure, and the God Who Faithfully Keeps His Promise…. Genesis 20 — Fear Revisited, Grace Repeated.. Abraham’s Fear Resurfaces (Genesis 20:1–2) Shockingly, Abraham repeats the same failure we saw in Genesis 12 — presenting Sarah as his sister. Why does this happen again? Because: “The fear of man lays a snare” (Proverbs 29:25) Even after encounters with…
The Personal God Who Visits, Intercedes, Rescues, and Judges… Genesis 18 — The LORD Who Comes Near The LORD Appears with Two Others (Genesis 18:1–2) The chapter opens with “The LORD (Yahweh) appeared to Abraham”, yet Abraham sees three men standing nearby. Who are they? This is not explicitly called the Trinity, but it is a visible revelation of God…
This chapter opens with impatience, pain and a long silence (Genesis 16:1–3). Years have passed since God’s promise in Genesis 15, and Sarai remains barren. Time has a way of pressing on faith. Sarai looks at her age, her body, and her circumstances—and concludes that perhaps God’s promise needs human help. She proposes a solution that…
Victory, Fear, and a Covenant God Keeps… Genesis 14 and 15: One shows us Abram after a great victory; the other shows us Abram in quiet fear..Together, they reveal a God who not only rescues, but reassures—and who binds Himself to humanity in grace. Genesis 14: Victory Without Possession.. In this chapter, for the first time Abram…
When Blessing Grows, So Do Choices.. Genesis 13 opens with a quiet but powerful reality: “So Abram went up from Egypt… and Lot went with him.” What follows is not just a story about land and livestock—it’s a story about how blessing tests relationships, and how character is revealed not in scarcity, but in abundance. Lot became…
When God Calls, Faith Begins Without a Map… Genesis 12 feels like a quiet but decisive turn in Scripture. Up to this point, the story has been wide-angle: creation, humanity, nations, dispersion. Suddenly, the narrative narrows—from everyone to one man. Why Abram? Why move to Abram’s family line now? After Genesis 11, humanity is scattered, divided by language,…