Genesis 12:1-4 : “The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him.”
The Lord told Abram to leave his home, all that he had known and all the security he may have enjoyed upon the earth. Abram was to go to the land which the Lord would show him — no map, no well-defined plan, no security.
Despite the ambiguity, the text tells us that Abram obeyed. He went.
How do you respond to the direction of the Lord? Are you one to lay out all your concerns and questions and use them as an excuse not to obey the Lord? Or, do you follow the example of Abram, and follow the Lord’s guidance even when you don’t know the way, just the waymaker?
Father, give us the faith of Abram to go where you send us, to do what you have called us to do so that you may be seen and glorified in our lives.