In the beginning of chapter 12, God asks Abram to do a radical thing – leave everything familiar and go somewhere. The destination was unknown! God wants me to leave it all for Him, even when He doesn’t tell me where I am going. This is a pre-requisite for becoming great! I know people who are great in ministry, great in finances, great in status, but God doesn’t compare me to them. If I am going to attain my greatest greatness, I must leave all for Him. Isn’t that the gospel? Give me your life and I will give you mine. It is scary to leave familiar and ordinary, but not when you know who is leading you. I want greatness – as great as I can be for my God!
The other stand out stoppage, (where God tells me to stop and think about it and listen to Him) is Gen. 13:17 “Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.” God is giving me the “keys to the Kingdom”! In other words He is giving me the Kingdom. My task is to walk through it all! Not just what is comfortable and familiar, but to strike out to unknown territory and experience all of it.
One of the ways to do that is what we are doing this year – reading through the Word of God! What is contained within the pages of the Word of God is the life and inheritance of the Kingdom of God that He has given you and me! Open it up every day and walk it!
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