Promise 31 Gen. 15:1

Gen. 15:1 - "After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, 'Do not fear, Abram I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great!" It was after Abram's obedience that the word of the Lord came to him. When we are in tuned with God, He is in tuned with us. He will reward our faithfulness to Him. Not only that, we don't have to guess what that reward will be, He will reveal it to us, but we need to be listening to Him and watching for Him. When God gives us a word from Him, or a picture/vision, we can't brush it off as indigestion, we need to take note, write it down and then test it; ie. ask ourselves, 'Is this consistent with what I know the character of God is?" God said to Abram, "Do not fear!" and called him by name, then said "I am a shield to you." Abram had no question in his mind that this was God. He recognized the voice, he heard it many times before. The message is consistent with what God has been telling Him, "I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you." (12:3). In other words "No worries mate, I've go your back!" We can stand on this promise too, God is watching over us, He is our Shield, our Protector, He's got our back. Praise the Lord!