December 30
2018
Into the Unknown
Now the LORD had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Genesis 12:1-4
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!” And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:1-6
Abraham trusted the Lord.
He moved away from his home on God’s word that He would bring him to a “land that I will show you”.
Not even a land that I am showing you now, but that I will show you as you move out in faith.
Later on Abraham again trusted the Lord, this time for an heir.
Even though he and Sarah were past child bearing age, He believed the Lord’s promise that they would have a son.
What is the Lord asking you to believe right now as you begin to move into a New Year?
Is He asking you to step out in faith, to take the first step, believing that He will show you the land where He will take you as you begin to move?
Is He asking you to believe that He will do something in your life that looks impossible in the natural?
God can and will take the unknown and those things that are dead and lifeless in your life and turn them into miraculous answers to prayer and direction for your life!
Be an Abraham today – step out in faith, trust what the Lord is telling you and move out into the New Year in faith!