The Lord appeared unto Abram

“And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.”

Abraham (Abram) already knew the Lord when he set out from his home. Otherwise, why did he go at all? However, Abraham followed the directions he was given and then the Lord appeared to him again. There are many books and courses today that teach us how to interact with the Lord or to have an encounter with the Lord but the Bible gives us the best way. Just do what He tells you to do and then He will come to you. You don’t have to go to special courses, or so special training, you don’t have to follow the right techniques or draw the right kind of pictures, you just have to do what He says. It is not about me deciding to have an encounter with the Lord, it is about me believing what He says, doing what He tells me to do and then He will come to me without any effort on my part at all. This is the only effective technique that will last for a lifetime. The Lord is God, He has already reached out to find us and save, He will keep us and He will come to us whenever we do what He says. Joshua was given the correct technique of having a regular encounter with the Lord, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. (Joshua 1: 8, 9). After all the Lord said, “For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. (Deut 30: 11-14) The amazing thing about the gospel message is that God has done everything and we don’t have to do anything at all. Even the youngest, simplest child can believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved as soundly and eternally as the most educated Biblical scholar in the world.

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