The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”            Genesis 12:1 NIV

Abram was commanded to do three things; leave his country, his family, and his father’s house. This is exactly the command that comes to every person who hears the call of the gospel today. We are called to leave our country, the place where we have been living, our residence since birth. That is not, of course, our physical residence, but rather the old life with all its ambitions, its loyalties, its worship of money and fame and power, its imagined independence which is really slavery! All that we have been by nature since birth. Abram was also told to leave his relatives. In the spiritual sense these are the moral forces that shape our lives. The opinions of others, pressures from family and friends, the attitudes of our employers and others around us. When the Lord confronts us with His call, these are not to count any longer. We are not to consider what others think but rather be concerned about what the Lord thinks. The third thing Abram was to leave was his father’s house. Our father, in this sense, is Adam, the father of us all. What theologians call our “Adamic nature” is the father’s house in which we all live. We are called to leave this, no longer put any dependence upon our looks, talents, or any of our normal resources, but to begin to walk in dependence upon the Lord, who can do through us that which we cannot do ourselves.

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord, as Abraham obeyed Your command, help us to do the same.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord as Abraham obeyed Your command to leave, through the indwelling power and ministry of Your Holy Spirit, help us to do the same. AMEN

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