Abram departed

“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. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”

The Lord told Abraham (Abram) to get up and go and he got up and went. He didn’t forget his responsibilities and took his family, including his nephew Lot, with him. He was seventy five years old at that time and had no guarantees other than God’s promise. They headed south towards Canaan because that is where the Lord told them to go. Each of us should ask ourselves what we would do in those circumstances. The experts tell us that no one can achieve anything today unless they have a defined goal. We are meant to write our goal down and make sure that we keep it in mind every day or we will lose our way and we will never get anywhere. It is interesting to note that Ahab was killed by a man who shot his last arrow in the air without aiming at anything (1 Kings 22: 34). In the book of James we are told that we should not make our plans too precisely but we are told to say “if the Lord’s will ...” (James 4: 13-16). Abraham was not this kind of man, rather he was a man who did the Lord’s will and left the outcome to the Lord. We must keep our eyes on the the long term, eternal goal rather than the short term goal that may lead to personal gratification tomorrow but death in eternity.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)