Genesis 24.6,7 6 “No!” Abraham responded. “Be careful
never to take my son there. 7 For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from
my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my
descendants. (NLT)
Abraham gave his trusted servant instructions to go to
Aram and find a wife for Isaac from among his relative. Under no circumstances
was the servant to take Isaac to Aram; he was only to find a wife for Isaac and
return to Canaan with her. Abraham clung to a specific promise from God Who
said he would inherit the land of Canaan and his descendants would live there
perpetually. The danger of Isaac going to Aram was he might’ve stayed in direct
opposition to God’s promise to Abraham. Abraham said that wasn’t going to
happen.
God took Abraham out of a culture that didn’t have much
to do with God or, at most, numbered Him among a plurality of gods. God said, “Abraham, I’m
going to reverse the trend with you. Here is the land and I will protect you
and keep you and provide for you descendants. Don’t doubt me on this!”
We today have doubted God. We think our relationship with
Him is an odd mixture of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness according
to a man-made document. God has called us to come out and be separate. That
means ignoring the perks of Americanism and cling steadfastly to the promises
of Heaven. Rather than keeping the Isaac
of our faith separate, pure, and holy, we have moved into the Aram of life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness as if it’s all about us. It’s no wonder society calls us what they
do (hypocrites) and ridicules what we say we believe. We want faith at no price and we don’t care where we have
to go to get it…
Today, I see Abraham as our example and, as my
example. Everyone looks for expedience, the simple way to do things, and what
produces guaranteed results. God looks for steadfast obedience. God’s way may
be more arduous than taking Isaac to Aram to find his own bride, but God did
what God did and Isaac got the perfect mate.
Lord, find in me a willingness to do as You say. Help me
to stay put where You’ve placed me, purposed for me, and provided for me. Thank
You for the example of Abraham who did what You told him to do and because of
it, You called him righteous… Amen.
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