Among other things, reliability is a major way of defining faithfulness. It goes without saying that a reliable person is a faithful person. Again, to describe someone as being faithful is to say that he is true to his words. An indisputable attribute of God is faithfulness. Therefore, we can expect that God will always stand by His word and bring to pass every promise He makes. When God called Abraham, He promised to bless him and his seeds. Abraham’s choice of obedient lifestyle made it all the more compelling for God to honour His own side of the deal. No wonder, our text shows that God blessed Abraham in all things.

Among other things, reliability is a major way of defining faithfulness. It goes without saying that a reliable person is a faithful person…Believers who dare to walk in obedience like Abraham did can expect to experience all the blessings of the covenant.

In order to demonstrate His faithfulness to the full extent of the promise, it is important for God to bless the children of Abraham too. The extension of that promise is what the Jews all over the world are still enjoying today. Believers have a link to this. We are called Abraham’s children by faith. When the righteous are blessed, it is a proof of God’s righteousness. “The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing, to declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him” (Psalm 92:12-15). Believers who dare to walk in obedience like Abraham did can expect to experience all the blessings of the covenant.