Someone with more Biblical knowledge than me (Janna :) ) will have to verify this but I think we have just read the account of the first missionary tale! At any rate, God called Abram to leave his country, his people,his house and go! The Bible does not tell us but I could not help but wonder.....did Abram struggle with his call? Did he fight with God and try to get out of it? Who knows. What we do know is that he went. We also know that God blessed.
God has called each of us to a different task. Some He has called to leave and go. Others, he has called to a school house to work with teenagers. Maybe He has called you to give up something you love. Of maybe He has called you to walk across the street and share Jesus with your neighbor. Whatever the call, we must obey. No matter how hard it is. He will bless.
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I do not have more Biblical knowledge than you!
ReplyDeleteI do love the story of Abraham's call. I love God's promise that ALL nations will be blessed through him. ALL nations. Not just the Hebrews. God's plan for the world has always included ALL nations.
Here is what Hebrews 11 says about Abraham: 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 astranger in a forgeign 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. ....they were longing for a better country- a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. (parts of Hebrews 11:8-16)