“Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:”
Genesis 12:1 KJV
Now Yahweh said to Abram: Leave it all behind - your native land, your people, your father’s household, and go to the land that I will show you. The God of Glory appeared to Abram and spoke with him. God’s appearance to Abram was sudden and without warning. The same voice of creation now proclaims a message of hope and blessing to all the world. Abram had no burning bush to inspire him, no tablets of stone to guide him, and no ark of the covenant as a centrepiece of worship. Neither did Abram have a Temple to worship in, a Bible to read, nor a priest to counsel him. Nor did Abram have a pastor to pray for him, nor a prophet to prophesy to him. But Abram had a divine encounter. God tells Abram to not only leave the country but also his own will behind in order to enter God’s plan, and his ideas of how God will work. God was calling Abram out from more than just his relatives, but from specific deity worship connected to nations, clans and ancestors. Leaving all that is familiar was an incredible act of faith by Abram, but resulted in the seven-fold blessing of the next verses. Through Jesus Christ, these blessings have come to us - that the blessing of Abraham might come on us through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Hallelujah!
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