Motivation Morsel - October 29, 2026

Genesis 14:¹⁴ When Avram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, who had been born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. ¹⁵ During the night he and his servants divided his forces against them, then attacked and pursued them all the way to Hovah, north of Dammesek. ¹⁶ He recovered all the goods and brought back his nephew Lot with his goods, together with the women and the other people. ¹⁷ After his return from slaughtering K’dorla‘omer and the kings with him, the king of S’dom went out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley, also known as the King’s Valley.

¹⁸ Malki-Tzedek king of Shalem brought out bread and wine. He was cohen of El ‘Elyon [G-d Most High], ¹⁹ so he blessed him with these words:

“Blessed be Avram by El ‘Elyon, maker of heaven of earth. ²⁰ and blessed be El ‘Elyon, who handed your enemies over to you.”

Avram gave him a tenth of everything.

(v) ²¹ The king of S’dom said to Avram, “Give me the people, and keep the goods for yourself.” ²² But Avram answered the king of S’dom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Adonai, El ‘Elyon, maker of heaven and earth, ²³ that I will not take so much as a thread or a sandal thong of anything that is yours; so that you won’t be able to say, ‘I made Avram rich.’ ²⁴ I will take only what my troops have eaten and the share of the spoil belonging to the men who came with me — ‘Aner, Eshkol and Mamre; let them have their share.”

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Today, we look at another example of Abraham’s obedience to the Most High. This is a rich, power-packed passage, however the Spirit led me to say, “When we make an oath to the LORD it is best to obey it. The Most High is Our Source and Provider. He knows what we need when we need it.”

Note, Abraham is the one who recovered ALL the goods, yet he did not take any of the goods for himself from the king of S’dom (only what his troops ate), AND gave the king and priest of Shalem a tithe. What great faith and trust.

My prayer point from this is, “LORD thank you for being My Provider. Like Abraham, let me remember in all situations to obey You G-d and know that You are My Source and Provider; not my job, nor people, You are G-d. Thank you for giving me what I need. You are My Shepherd, and I lack nothing. Amein.