Summary: I’ve been studying the life of Abraham. Abraham wasn’t perfect, but he was committed to following God. When Abraham was seventy-five years old, the Lord told him to “leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” That was asking a lot! God was asking Abraham to leave everything he knew--the familiar land and the comfort of loving people--to go someplace foreign, unfamiliar. At age 75! Why did Abraham do it? God promised that he would make him into a great nation, and that “all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” What a promise! Abraham left his land to follow God’s call. It wasn’t easy. He made a lot of mistakes, but he always came back to God and was faithful to God’s calling on his life. Abraham glorified God and God used him mightily. In fact, it was through Abraham’s line that Jesus Christ came to the Earth. What an honor - to be the father of not just nations, but to have Jesus born into your descendants. All this because Abraham followed God’s calling. I pray I hear God’s calling and am brave enough to obey- just like Abraham. And, I pray the same for you too! Who knows what great things you will do for the Kingdom in this generation, like Abraham did in his.
