Get up and go

“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:”

From time to time we come across people in the Bible who listen to what God tells them and then do it. Abel offered an acceptable sacrifice and God accepted it, he is the first of the faith heroes in Hebrews 11: 4. Noah heard the Lord’s command and built an ark even though he didn’t even know what rain was, let alone a flood. He is the third of the faith heroes from Hebrews 11: 7 and now we come to Abraham the fourth of the faith heroes and the most significant in the Old Testament. The Lord told Abraham to get up and go away from everyone and everything that he knew. He didn’t tell Abraham the destination and didn’t give him a time limit. Without Abraham there would be no Saviour. We would all be stuck in the, failure certain, cycle of salvation by works. Thank God for Abraham (and for the Lord Jesus Christ).

The main fact that is common to all the heroes of faith is the fact that they had an understanding of the majesty and power of Almighty God. The main fact about many Christians today is that they think God is just a little bit bigger than they are, in fact, some even think that He is just waiting around to get instructions from us and He isn’t much more than our servant. If we want to see the church return to days when it grew and changed the face of the earth we all need to be like Isaiah of old and see “also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” (Isaiah 6: 1) God hasn’t changed, He is still the same God Who gave post menopausal, ninety year old Sarah a son. He is still the same God Who delivered enslaved Israel from Egypt. He is still the same God Who brought the Jews back from Babylon after seventy years. He is still the same God Who brought the modern state of Israel into existence after Hitler tried to destroy all the Jews on earth. Modern Israel is, actually, Hitler’s legacy. He is, most important of all, the same God Who defeated Satan at Calvary, gave us the “whosoever believeth salvation and rose again from the grave to ensure that that this salvation is everlasting. Isn’t it time we submitted before the True God of all creation and just enjoyed His majesty and His love rather than trying to confine Him to some box that we have devised in our sinful minds?

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