Follow God’s Call & Trust His Word
Genesis 12-14 describe God’s call
of Abram to leave his home in Ur
(near Persian Gulf) and travel to
a distant but unspecified new land.
Abram faces many distractions
along the way including the death
of his father and a severe famine.
But God is looking for a person
of faith who will trust Him
completely to keep His Promises.
For Abram those promises include
becoming a great nation and
experiencing great blessing in
the face of overwhelming odds.
Lord, we’ll Obey Your Call of Faith:
Now the Lord had said to Abram:
Get out of your country, from your
family… to a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation…
and you shall be a blessing…
So Abram departed (Gen 12:1-3).
Then the Lord appeared to Abram
and said: To your descendants
I will give this land… And he
moved… to the mountain east of
Bethel and he pitched his tent…
there be built an altar… and called
on the name of the Lord (v7-8).
Then Abram went up from Egypt…
and he went… from the South as
far as Bethel… to the place of the
altar which he had made there at
first. And there Abram called on
the name of the Lord (Gen 13:1-4)
Lord,when You called Abram to leave the land of his birth, it was so that You cld give him the Promised Land. Grateful You call us To something, and not just away From something. Lord You are always calling us to the place where Yr provision awaits us. Comforting that Your commands are always related to Your Promises. Whilst You command obedience, that will also clear the way for Your promised provision. Amen.
Lord, noted Your calling will involve
sacrifices but comforting that
it’s sacrifice for something more.
For we note Your promises to Abram: to make him into a great
nation and be a blessing to others.
When called, help us not to dwell on
what we may have to leave behind.
But instead focus our heart & mind
on what we’ll be receiving. Amen.
Lord, we notice that promise, worship and communion are all bound up in Your call to Abram and in his calling on Your name. We also noticed that wherever Abraham the friend of God had a tent, God had an altar as well. Spur us Lord to emulate Abraham in erecting a family altar of prayer and devotion unto You. Amen.