Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
The One Step Daily Devotional is intended to provide just one step each day for your journey with God. Every journey requires water breaks. Here is a water break for you.
What has God called you to? Where has He called you to go? What are you waiting for?
God was very clear with Abram in calling Him, and He was very unclear with where Abram was to go.
After calling Abram to go to the “land that I will show you,” He promised all sorts of wonderful things. How many times does God promise us all sorts of wonderful things, but we say, “yeah, but…”
Imagine if Abram had said, “that’s great God, those promises are amazing, but where did you say you are sending me? I need to know before I go”? I wouldn’t blame Abram if He did. After all, God was asking a lot.
In asking Abram to leave his entire family, He was asking a big thing. Abram already experienced loss when his father moved them away from their family to Haran.* For God to ask Abram to move again meant losing the rest of his family. This move meant leaving protection, provision, and familiarity. Furthermore, God was asking Abram to leave the legacy of his family.* In the time of Abram, the gods of the family were unique to the family and of great value.* They were passed down from generation to generation and were interwoven into the identity of the family.* God was asking Abram to turn his back on his family identity. This was no small thing.
God was asking Abram to trade the protection, care, and provision of his family for the protection, care, and provision of God.*
What is God asking you to trade?
God ended up asking Abram to take a 500-mile trip by foot.* Without stops, this would take a month.* How far is God asking you to go?
It would be understandable for any of us to stop God while He’s calling us and say, “yeah, but… I need to know…” God asks a lot of those who follow Him. But, we did surrender it all, didn’t we?
Today, take a step.
Maybe today the one step God wants you to take is to say “yes” to His call. Perhaps today God wants you to step out without knowing much more than what He has said. Maybe today God wants you to find what you need in Him and not others. Perhaps God wants you to surrender all and see what He does.
Whatever the step, ask God to direct it. Take a moment to take that step. Invite Him to speak. He will.
Life is a long road. Walk it with Jesus. Take a water break… we all get thirsty.
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*Walton, J. H. (2001). Genesis (p. 392). Zondervan.