From Jews to Gentiles, Day 2

The Call of Abram

¹ The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

² "I will make you into a great nation
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.

³ I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."

(Genesis 12: 1-3)

Peter thought God's openness to the Gentiles was new, but God had wanted this from the beginning. Abraham was the father of the Jewish people. (Remember that children's song "Father Abraham"?) God told Abraham that he'd father a nation and his children would be special - God's people. But look at today's passage. God told Abraham his desire: That "all peoples on earth will be blessed through you" (verse 3). This was God's plan all along - that everyone could be blessed and have a relationship with him.

If God loves everyone, then how should you treat people outside your race, color, or national background?

Pray that God will help you realize that all people are God's people and that the biggest difference is that some are lost and some are saved.