# 134 Do You Want To Be Blameless?

The Book of Genesis Day 134 Ge 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 2 "And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly." Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. Thirteen years later and still no child for Abram and Sarai. 13 years! We freak out when our prayers aren’t answered the next day! By now, if Abram is like you or me, he has probably forgotten the promise of God to give him and Sarai a child and has settled on Ishmael as his child of promise. But God! But God hasn’t forgotten and He appears to Abram to remind him of some marvelous truths! Truth #1: I am Almighty God. This is the first time this form of address is used in Scripture. God says, “I am El Shaddai!” “I am Almighty God!” In other words, “Hi Abram, I am the God who can do anything! Trust Me! Walk before me and be blameless!” This is a tricky little phrase, and it’s important that we understand it correctly. One could view this as a command of God, but it’s not! It is simply stating a fundamental truth! Think about it! If God is demanding that Abram live before God without fault as a condition of this covenant, you might as well shred it, it would be useless! For as the Scriptures say, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God! There is none righteous, no not one, all we like sheep have gone astray,” and so on. So you see, this is more like an offer to Abram, an offer that is steeped in unshakeable truth! To walk before God is to turn toward Him, (repent) to face Him with the idea of having a continuing relationship with Him. If Abram is willing to walk with the Lord, (turn to Him) in accordance with God’s covenant, God will regard Abram as blameless. He will be perfect and without blemish in God’s eyes! This offer is no different than the offer we have with or Lord today! It’s still just as true for us as it was for Abram! It doesn’t mean that we will live perfect lives, but it does mean that God will look upon us as if we were blameless and perfect, if we “turn to Him, and strike up a covenanted relationship with Him through faith in the finished work of His Son, Jesus Christ, on the cross! Understand this! Any degree of blamelessness, any degree of perfection, that Abram or you and I have is obtained as we are rightly related to God! That’s what it means to “walk before God!” And we can only “walk before God,” through faith in Jesus! Pray: Lord God, open eyes and hearts to the truth that we are saved by grace through faith and that not of ourselves, it is Your gift, not by our works, lest anyone of us would boast!