Do You Know Where You're Going To?
So there was Abraham, 75 years old, rich, powerful, lots of money, lots of property, lots of servants, lots of animals, lots of possessions, lots of stuff, living large in the biggest tent in the land. He was sitting pretty. He was rich, he was successful, and he was comfortable.
And then God decided to shake things up a bit.
"Hey, Abraham," God said to him one day, "leave your country, your people, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you."
That's quite a tall order from God. If God asked you to do the very same thing as He asked Abraham to do, would you do it? Would you leave your country, your people, your family, your friends, your culture, your language, your food, and your other creature comforts, if God told you to go? Be very honest with yourself.
In Genesis 12:4, we discover Abraham's answer. It says, "So Abraham left, as the Lord had told him...." What an answer! So short, so simple, and so beautiful. God told Abraham to do a huge thing, and to make an enormous change in his life, and Abraham simply obeyed. No ifs, ands, or buts.
Hebrews 11:8 tells us, "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." What an incredible verse, and what an incredible example of faith and obedience by Abraham. He had no idea where he was going, but when God told Abraham to go, he went. No questions asked.
Can you do the same? Will you do the same? If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, there will be times in your life when God will ask you to do some big things, to stretch your faith, to get you out of your comfort zone. It probably won't be easy, and in fact it may be very hard. But God will be watching to see if you are obedient, and if you trust Him, and if you have the faith in Him to work it all out, when He tells you to do something or when He tells you to go somewhere. But will you do it?
We must have faith in God even when He takes us out of our comfort
zone. We must trust that He always knows where we are headed, even if we don't know where we're going to. Just like Abraham.
And then God decided to shake things up a bit.
"Hey, Abraham," God said to him one day, "leave your country, your people, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you."
That's quite a tall order from God. If God asked you to do the very same thing as He asked Abraham to do, would you do it? Would you leave your country, your people, your family, your friends, your culture, your language, your food, and your other creature comforts, if God told you to go? Be very honest with yourself.
In Genesis 12:4, we discover Abraham's answer. It says, "So Abraham left, as the Lord had told him...." What an answer! So short, so simple, and so beautiful. God told Abraham to do a huge thing, and to make an enormous change in his life, and Abraham simply obeyed. No ifs, ands, or buts.
Hebrews 11:8 tells us, "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." What an incredible verse, and what an incredible example of faith and obedience by Abraham. He had no idea where he was going, but when God told Abraham to go, he went. No questions asked.
Can you do the same? Will you do the same? If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, there will be times in your life when God will ask you to do some big things, to stretch your faith, to get you out of your comfort zone. It probably won't be easy, and in fact it may be very hard. But God will be watching to see if you are obedient, and if you trust Him, and if you have the faith in Him to work it all out, when He tells you to do something or when He tells you to go somewhere. But will you do it?
We must have faith in God even when He takes us out of our comfort
zone. We must trust that He always knows where we are headed, even if we don't know where we're going to. Just like Abraham.
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