Today's Thought

Today’s Thought from Genesis 11-15

 

As we continue to read along the history of the relationship we are introduced to two new faces in this section, Abram and Lot,  Abram was the Uncle of Lot and they are both in the line of Terah.   We pick up the life story of Abram after he married and he is aged, he receives his calling from the Lord at 75 years of age.  As I read through this section there are some very similar parallels that I see in what many missionaries experience to day.  Abram was leading a fairly settled comfortable life, surrounded by his family and his people.  God Calls him to move to a foreign land, strange to him and distant from his family and people. God is also vague, he shares with Abram that he has a plan for him, he will protect him, he will bless him, and he will make his name great.  That is about all we know of the conversation.  Abram must have had questions, he must have wondered, should I uproot my family, we have a good life here, and trust God to venture into the unknown.  Since we are reading about him today, it is fairly obvious that Abram stepped in faith, believing his calling to be true and faithfully trusting that His God indeed was a God of his word and would do for Abram as he had said.

 

As you read along, you see that Abram made some real bonehead decisions, some blunders, and yet he remained faithful to his word.  He overcame much adversity, to follow God’s plan, and God along this path blessed him with further blessings, tangible and intangible, and God also promised Abram a son, He and his wife Sarai were without any children and they were already quite old, and the hope of an heir had all but died in Abrams heart.

 

As we start learning of Abram’s life we see that he is a normal man, full of life’s blessings, trials, sufferings, doubts and expectations.  One place that Abram demonstrates much courage/faith is his willingness to be led by his God.   We will undoubtedly learn a lot from Abram over the course of his life, but something to remember as we study his relationship is that it started with a faithful step, in acting on a call that he received from the Lord.  He isn’t perfect he is faithful.  To very different attributes.

 

Listen and be faithful

Have a great day.