"Where are you going?" is a question we need to ask ourselves frequently. When it comes to friendships, education, career, job changes, marriage...almost every area of life finds us at the intersection of decision and choice. The comfortable choice is often to stay where we are...where we are most comfortable, most familiar, most accepted. But I am convinced that God has a different destination for us than we would generally choose for ourselves. This week we are looking at Abraham's story from Genesis, chapters 12-22. From the beginning of this story we find God directing Abraham (called Abram at first) to leave absolutely everything that is home and that is familiar and go to a new place...a place that God will show him. He motivates Abram to leave his home by giving him a promise...a promise that appeals to his sense of self. God promises Abram that He will make him widely known, even famous, and that he will be an important part, a blessing, to others. Perhaps for the first time, Abram is finding One who deeply values him and sees great worth in him. And so Abram leaves it all behind.....well almost all. God had told him to leave his relatives and father's family but he decides to take nephew Lot along. Abram thinks he is going to a physical place and he is, but God is really taking him to another destination: the destination of trusting and truly depending in and on Him.
Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you."
blessings as you hear and follow Him today,
Rob Smith
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