“The Land That I Will Show You”

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. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and invoked the name of the LORD.

Genesis 12:1-8

Abram had not yet been called the Father of Nations. He was simply the Father of Many, and yet he had no son. And God told Abram to move at the age of seventy-five. It only goes to prove that God can use us at any age, and from any walk of life. Just listen and be prepared. God will never ask you to do something without giving you the backup you need to get the job done. You will be given what you need, when you need it.

Our dwelling place here on earth may be uncertain, but God will be our constant companion and friend until our traveling days are over and reach our heart’s true home – heaven. Until that day, shed the light of God’s loving kindness on other fellow travelers.

For the Christian, heaven is home.

Our Daily Bread – January 4, 2007