Good Morning Friends,
“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a
place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though
he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised
land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and
Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward
to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews
11:8-10)
Abraham apparently had a comfortable life in
Ur. His family was there and probably had been for generations. It was what he
knew. It was all he knew. But God had something different in mind for Abraham. God
called Abraham to leave Ur and go to a new country. It took a while, first
there was a stop in Haran, but, finally, Abraham made it to the new land.
It must have been a frightening prospect, to
leave everything he knew and go someplace totally new and foreign to him. He
didn’t know what the geography would be like. He didn’t know what the climate
would be like. He didn’t know if there would already be inhabitants there or
not and whether they would accept him or reject him.
All he knew was that God was telling him to
go. God didn’t even provide information about what it would be like in that new
land. The only assurance Abraham had was that God would go with him to that new
land and it was where God wanted him to be. He trusted God and that was enough
for Abraham.
Is it enough for you?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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