Friday, 24 February 2012

Gen 12:1 Obedience before Blessing!


Gen 12:1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”
After a catalogue of widespread sin throughout the known world described from Genesis chapter 3-11, the Lord speaks. Abraham is asked to leave relatives he has no doubt spent his whole life with. No one leaves their people and country to live elsewhere without strong motives. It is difficult to move house within the same neighbourhood but to leave the security of what you know to go somewhere you have little or no idea about is a big ask. God does big asks of us but he also does big blessings. The cost of obedience sometimes comes before we receive a blessing, are we willing to pay the price in faith? Making tough choices of obedience repeatedly is exercising our spiritual muscles and will bring us new strength.
Father help us to be obedient today.

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