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Above All Else chorus
Back to the Beginning
Egypt was a necessity.
It was not permanent.
But no altar was made.
Not to where he started, but to where God wanted Him.
God’s plan for us is always the beginning.
That is to say the next thing doesnt start before we are where God wants us.
Sometimes that is a geographical location.
Sometimes that is a state of mind/heart/spirit.
Part of Abram’s return to the beginning was to get rid of the extra.
NT tells us things like ‘lay aside every weight and sin that so easily besets us and let us run with endurance the race set before us’.
It says to ‘put off the works of the flesh’.
Getting rid of the things and attitudes and habits and hangups that are unbecoming a child of God is part of this walk with Him.
Genesis
Yet we see in v.4 that part of his father’s household, Lot, went with him.
And Lot was not part of the plan.
At least not part of the promise.
You see God’s plan is narrow.
The details are fine and carefully worked out.
He does not substitute or plug in random pieces to His plan.
He is specific.
God specifically promised to make Abram the father of a great nation.
Zig Ziglar asks the question “Are you a wandering generality or a meaningful specific?”
A wandering generality lacks direction and purpose.
A meaningful specific is aimed at something.
God provides the target.
He sets the boundaries.
Lot was a close relative.
One who was in need of a father figure.
Abram should be commended for filling that role.
But being a father figure for his nephew and letting that child be the child of promise are two vastly different things.
So to ensure Lot was not seen as being an option for the fulfilling of the promise, God arranged circumstances to make the pair want to separate.
He blessed them to the point they would need to go their separate ways.
Once Abram was in obedience and in the place God designated (both state of spirit and geographical location) the blessing of the promise could begin.
says about Abraham that he believed God and God credited it to him as righteousness.
He believed God.
When Abram began to make a habit out of believing God; when it became a way of life for him, God began to accomplish His purposes [carry out His plan] in Abram’s life.
When I make a habit out of believing God; when it becomes a way of life for me I must admit that where I am is better than where I was.
Even if it’s harder, it is better.
I must admit that what is next is better than what is now.
Because believing God means I am obedient.
And there is our invitation: He is calling you to believe Him.
First time to salvation?
Maybe.
For the 10,000 time so He can carry out His plan in your life?
Definitely.
Either way the Spirit is calling.
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