Devotion:
Read Genesis 12:1-3.
How would you respond to a call to leave everything that is familiar and dear to you: your immediate family, your other relatives, your friends, and your land? When we meet Abram, he is seventy-five years old, living in Ur, and worshiping idols. Then God calls him to leave his homeland and go to an unnamed place. We read that Abram "went, as the Lord had told him."
God called, and Abram obeyed. He stepped out in faith, not knowing where he was going. When he arrived in Canaan, he built an altar and worshiped God. This is the pattern for the life of faith. God calls, we respond, we move out, we arrive, and we worship God when we get there. In undertaking this journey, Abram demonstrated his trust in the God who had made such wonderful promises to him, without a shred of assurance, other than God's word alone.
From this initial call to Abram, God showed his desire to create a people who will represent God’s presence and purposes in the world. This call was Abram's first step on a journey that led him to become the father of a great nation, Israel. God calls us to take steps of faith also and he promises to guide us as we represent him in the world.
Is God trying to lead you to a place of greater service and usefulness for him? Let's be careful not to let our comfort and security in our current position make us miss God's plan and blessings for us.
Personal Worship Option:
Prayer: Lord, thank you for blessing me with gifts, talents, skills, and resources of all kinds. Make me mindful today of ways to use them to represent you well in the world. Amen.
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