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Daily Devotion: Genesis 12:1-4

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Genesis 12:1-4    Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:  (2)  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  (3)  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.  (4)  So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

We are introduced to Abram. I want to begin this devotion by saying that God is always the One to initiate the action anytime a person does great things in the Lord's service. Notice the "I will's" of these four verses and it all begins with "Now the Lord had said unto Abram...."  The Lord had something very special in store for Abram and his family. But in order to experience that blessing, he had to "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee."  Can you imagine him leaving every familiar surrounding and going to a place where he had never been and he not even know where he was going.  He left on the initial promise of God, "I will shew thee."

Abram believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness. We will be looking at these verses again, but for now I want us to see this great beginning for Abram. "Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country.... (Vs. 4) So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him."  We live in a world that says, "Seeing is believing." But in order to walk in the kingdom of God we are required to hold this great truth: "Believing is seeing."  Our home in the eternal heaven has been bought and paid for by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. But there are blessings of God that are experienced in each of our lives as we follow Jesus as a little child. He has great plans for each of us and we must let go of our own designs and take hold of His hand as He leads us through this time of life on earth.  May we each be found living in the favor of God by simply taking hold of His promises and following Him. 

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