Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 14:22-23 (New English Translation)

22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow 23 that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

Notice Abram’s testimony, how he describes God:

the Most High…Creator of heaven and earth

I hear a lot of talk these days about God and gods. There is one true God – the Creator of all, and that is how Abram describes who his people called Yahweh or Jehovah. We worship the creator – however you translate that.

Then notice Abram’s reaction to the creator God:

I praise God and, as a result, I will behave in a righteous manner.

In short, that is the life of a follower of God, a follower of Christ: acknowledge Him and live righteously as a result.