Abraham: Satisfied With Life
“Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.”
Genesis 25:8
No regrets…. That’s what we want.
When we come to the end of our days, we hope to have no regrets.
Like Abraham, we want to be “satisfied with life.”
Abraham died a rich man, but I don’t think that’s what satisfied him.
Even though Abraham had wealth, he dwelled in tents.
“By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise;”
Hebrews 11:9
Abraham died before God fulfilled His promise to give him the land. That didn’t bother him. He knew God would keep His word. After all, he waited until he was over 100 years old before God gave him his first child.
So what was Abraham’s secret to being satisfied with life?
It was his faith!
“By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.”
Hebrews 11:8
It was a faith that was so strong that he was ok with the unknown. He went “not knowing where he was going.”
Abraham’s walk with God was so close that he was called a “friend of God.”
James 2:23 says:
“And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham believed God and it wasaccounted to him for righteousness.’And he was called the friend of God. “
Isaiah 41:8
“ But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.”
Abraham worshipped God, hearing His voice, and setting up altars as he traveled.
“The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants, I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.”
Genesis 12:7
Frank Sinatra famously sang “I did it my way.”
I don’t think Abraham would have sang or said that. Rather, he could say: “I did it God’s way.”
