When Faith Seems Ordinary

FROM THE MIND OF WEBSTER

• Blessed – to confer prosperity or happiness upon.
• Their – relating to them as objects.
• Future – time yet to come.

BACKSTORY

Genesis 17:18, 19 – And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.” (NIV 1984)

Genesis 22:15-18 – The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants…