Today's Scripture [1-28-13]

   After these things the word of the LORD came
unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram:
I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
   And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt Thou
give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward
of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
   And Abram said, Behold, to me Thou hast giv-
en no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine
heir.
   And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto
him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he
that shall come forth out of thine own bowels
shall be thine heir.
   And He brought him forth abroad, and said,
Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if
thou be able to number them: and He said unto
him, So shall thy seed be.
   And he believed in the LORD; and He counted
it to him for righteousness.
   And He said unto him, I am the LORD that
brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give
thee this land to inherit it...
   And when the sun was going down, a deep
sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great
darkness fell upon him.
   And He said unto Abram, Know of a surety
that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is
not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
   And also that nation, whom they shall serve,
will I judge: and afterward shall they come out
with great substance.
   And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou
shalt be buried in a good old age...
   In the same day the LORD made a covenant
with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given
this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great
river, the river Euphrates: . . .

         ~ Genesis 15:1-7, 12-15, 18 KJV