Friday Night light June
7, 2013
Genesis Chapter 12: 1-7
1) Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your
country, From
your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2) I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name
great; And you shall be a blessing. 3) I will bless those who bless
you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
4) So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when
he departed from Haran. 5) Then Abram took Sarai
his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had
gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to
the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. 6) Abram passed through
the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And
the Canaanites were
then in the land. 7) Then
the Lord appeared to Abram and said,
"To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an
altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Genesis Chapter 15:
5-8, 13-15
5) Then He brought him
outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are
able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants
be." 6) And he believed in
the Lord, and He accounted it to him
for righteousness. 7) Then
He said to him, "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give
you this land to inherit it." 8) And he said, "Lord God, how shall I know that I
will inherit it?"
13) Then He said to
Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve
them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14) And also the nation
whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great
possessions. 15) Now
as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a
good old age.
The calling of Abram gives us an Old Testament glimpse into
the redemption of mankind.
God calls us unto Himself just as He call Abram in 12:1-3.
Abram was call to take a leap of faith and leave everything he knew and follow
God. We likewise are called to take a leap of faith and trust the redemptive power
of Christ’s sacrifice for our eternal salvation.
The response of Abram to God’s call showed the obedience of
Abram.
Abram did just what God called him to do by picking up and
traveling to a land he didn’t know. He followed God without question. Not to
say we are not allowed to question God, especially if His will is unclear. But
once we are certain of what we should do we must do it if we want to be truly
obedient.
Obedience started a relationship with the Father.
In chapter 15 God brings Abram outside and shows him the
stars. God made promises of further blessings to Abram as a result of his obedience.
And Abram believed what the Lord said and it was counted to him as righteousness.
Our righteousness comes from acceptance of the free gift of Christ’s
sacrifice on our behalf. That is our obedience and then we can continue
deepening our relationship with the Father.
Still clinging to my God and my guns,
Randy
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