<TITLE>09. Par 37-41</TITLE>L-37 In the 17th chapter (just hitting the highlight of the place for a few moments.) we find that God appeared to Abraham in the name of El Shaddai, "the Almighty God, the strong One."
Now, "El Shaddai," a Hebrew word which really means, "the bosom or the breast, like the woman, the mother," El Shaddai, El the Shaddai, the bosom.
Now, He said, "Abraham, you're a hundred years old and Sarah's ninety; but I am the Bosom, the breasted God." The breasted God, not a breast, but breasted God: "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed." See?
And He said, "Abraham, though you're old, and your strength is gone, and Sarah's womb is dead, and the milk veins are no more; but I am the breasted God. Just lean over on My bosom and nurse from My promises, and I'll give you your strength." He's still El Shaddai, the breasted God.

L-38 Though the doctor says the cancer's going to kill you, He's the breasted God. Amen. Lean on His bosom. He's got two: the New and Old Testament. Just lean on every promise that He made and nurse your strength back again out of God's eternal promises. He's just the same today as He was when He made the promise to Abraham: the breasted God. Amen.
In other words, like a fretting baby... A little baby can be weak, and run down, and crying, and the mother picks it up, puts the little fellow to her bosom. And the... Not only is the little baby nursing the mother's strength... And when you're nursing on God's promise, you're nursing His strength. His Word is His strength.

L-39 "I believe Jesus saves, and His Blood washes whiter than snow." "I can, I will, I do believe that Jesus heals me now." You're nursing from His strength.
And not only does the baby nurse back the strength, its strength from the mother, the strength giver, as God is to His Word, the strength Giver; but also the baby is pacified while it's a nursing.

L-40 And a real child of Abraham, borned again of the Spirit of God is satisfied that God is going to keep His Word while He's waiting on His strength. Amen. He doesn't fret. He just lays there and nurses his little way right back to strength again. And we are God's children that lean upon His promise and nurse our strength from God.
If you're weak, and you can't give up this, and give up that, just take God's promise and lean and nurse. If you're sick, just take His promise and nurse from it, and be satisfied that God said so. That's what Abraham did. He said, "Now, Abraham, you're a hundred years old, but I'm just going to let you nurse your way right back to health again, right back." Now, what a beautiful promise.
At a hundred years old, think of it. Then one day while Abraham was setting in his tent... Here it is. I want you to get it. Looked like that everything was against him. There was Lot down there in the big churches down in Sodom and having him a big time, and Mrs. Lot belonged to all the card parties and things down there, perhaps, or whatever went on, all the things of sin.

L-41 And here was Sarah ninety years old, and Abraham a hundred, setting out in a tent, but they were in the will of God. I'd rather set in a tent any time and be in the will of God or any... It's... No matter where it's at as long as you're in the will of God.
While Abraham's setting there nursing (Amen.), nursing on God's eternal promise, he looked, coming walking down across the path, coming down from the spring somewhere, here come three Men, walking, had dust on Their clothes. And Abraham looked, and he was spiritual. It didn't take ten meetings for him to learn something. He knew right then that that were supernatural Beings clothed in--in human flesh.
And They walked up, and he said, "Where do You go?" And, "Stop by a little while, and I--I want to--I want to--You'll be a blessing to me. Set down under the tree here just a little while and let me fetch just a little water and I will wash Your feet. Bring You a morsel of bread and You can be on your road": Entertaining strangers.


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