On Feb . 3, we spoke about Abram’s call to leave his
country, his family and his father’s house for the land that God would show
him. When he arrived in Canaan, he built an altar there for Yahweh, invoking
God’s name (cf. Gen. 12: 4-9). After
acknowledging God’s presence in worship, Abram continued his journey. Famine
came to the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a time (Gen.
12: 10-11).
In Egypt, instead of relying upon the Lord, Abram takes
things into his own hands (See Gen. 12: 10-20). However God’s plan will come to fulfillment in spite of
ourselves. And God’s love for us, also, does not diminish. His love is
unconditional and stable, no matter how much we resist or rebel against what
God is asking of us. Delays will happen, as with Abram, but God will, through
the circumstances of life, put us back on the right path to our “Canaan”.
Where are you in your journey of fulfilling God’s will for
you vocationally? Have you left home? On you on your way to the place God has
mapped out for you? Are you in “Egypt,” taking things into your own hands? Or
have you left “Egypt” hand in hand with the Lord to the “land” He will show
you?
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