Tag: Genesis 12:4
Day 2–Called to Blessing and to Bless.
Scripture reading for January 27: Genesis 12:1-2 “Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.” vs. 4 “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.”
As we continue to consider God’s calling of each person to the plans and work that God has prepared, we can learn from the life of Abram, a shepherd living in the land of the Chaldean’s. God spoke to Abram, asking him to leave behind everything familiar in his home country, including his father’s household. He was not told where he was being directed or how long the journey would take. Abram was already seventy-five years old and had a wife and servants. Abram responded to God’s invitation and gathered his family and herds and a nephew, Lot, and left for the land God had promised him.
God did not force Abram to obey, but God did make Abram promises that were amazing if he chose to obey. This is the essence of faith. We choose to trust God and believe what He says and promises over what we can see with our eyes or understand with our minds. God promised to make Abram a great nation when he had no children, only an older wife! God promised to bless Abram and make his name great among men when Abram was just a simple aged shepherd. God promised to do all of this in order to make Abram a blessing to all the families of the earth! (Genesis 12:3) God’s plans are amazing and beyond human understanding. They are prepared for those who by faith will respond!
As ‘faith responders’ who have chosen to follow Jesus, God has promised to lead us to a land we do not know presently–heaven! He will make our names great through His Name. We are blessed to be a blessing.
Prayer: Father God, I respond to Your call to follow Jesus and allow Him to lead me daily into Your perfect will and plans. I desire Your blessing and to become a blessing to all You send me to! Amen.