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.
Genesis 12:1
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.
Why does God need to repeat Himself? God called Abraham to a place that He would show him, and God promised Him that he would become a nation and bless Abraham that he might be a blessing. Furthermore, God promised that those who blessed him would be blessed and those that cursed him would be cursed.
It’s interesting that this blessing comes in Genesis 12:1, and that by Genesis 12:7, Abraham has his eyes on the land. In Genesis 13:14-16, God repeats to Abraham that the land that Abraham sees is his, and tells Abraham that his offspring will be countless. Then, in Genesis 15:1-7 God repeats these promises.
Why?
In these 3 short chapters, a lot of life happened. Abraham and his family experienced and fled from a famine, got into a difficult situation with Pharaoh of Egypt, parted ways with the last of his extended family, and got into a battle against four kings to rescue Lot and won. A lot of life happened, and it was all very stressful and potentially discouraging. It could not have been the kind of journey that Abraham expected, and the potential for defeat and loss lay at every turn.
How many times does God call us to step out in faith to a “place that He will show us,” and then it gets really hard? How many times do we take a step of faith that feels so big only to be asked to take another and another?
Life does not stop happening when God calls us out in faith, and often times the step of faith we take is the first of many.
Today, take a step.
Maybe today the one step God wants you to take is to continue in faith. Perhaps today God wants you to trust that His promises for you are still true. Maybe today God wants you to pause long enough to allow Him to repeat His promises to you. Perhaps today God wants you to return to His Word to receive what you need for the next step.
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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