Wednesday, January 12, 2011

God asked Abraham to leave his home and family and go to a far-off foreign country. If you were in his place, how would have you responded? Has God asked anything hard or risky of you?

“I will make you into a great nation,
   and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
   and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
   and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
   will be blessed through you.”
~Genesis 12:2-3

If I were in Abrahams's possition, I probably would have been a little sad or maybe even scared to all of a sudden leave my homeland and adjust to a totally new life, culture and people.  But, I would also have prayed to keep my trust in God that he would take care of me and protect me every and anywhere I go.  I am having a hard time thinking of a time where God has asked me to do something that may have posed as a challenge to me.  Maybe it's not the greatest example, but I keep thinking of the time where I had an interview in Philidelphia for a job, and in a way, I wasn't looking as forward to it as I probalby should be because I was a little scared to have a job in a big city, if I had a good interview, and if they accepted me.  I'm from a more rural area and so if I had to move to the city, I'd have to get used to something completely different that would be slightly out of my comfort zone.

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