“1Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.’…4So Abram wen, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.” – Genesis 12:1 (ESV)
Do we have the faith to act on God’s command as Abram did? Abram followed God with full faith. He picked up his stuff and took off, to an unknown land.
Look at the words of God, “to the land that I will show you”, not, “to the land that I will give you”. Don’t we expect in our following of God that we will receive blessings from God? We will, however maybe not the blessings we were expecting. Abram followed God fully trusting in him. So much so, that he took everything with him, not just some provisions where he could come back, but in full faith of God’s Word.
“7Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built there an alter to the Lord, who had appeared to him.” – Genesis 12:7 (ESV)
What a kick in the gut that could have been. “Thanks for obeying, see what those that come after you get.” But Abram did not look at it that way. He was obeying the Lord and his positivity was manifested in his building an altar. He went where he was shown and knew that God’s plan was greater than he could see at that moment.
What faith do we have in the work of God? Are we able to pick up everything and follow him? Are we able to go where we are shown (even if not sure if it is for us, or those that come after us)?
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