WHEN THE LORD SAYS GO AND LEAVE IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON

Proclamation:

“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your county, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.’”  Genesis 12:1 (NIV)

Explanation:

These are the words of God which were written by Moses under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  After the great flood, The Lord God told Noah and his sons to be fruitful and multiply, and to replenish the earth. (Genesis 9:1)  Then God made a covenant with Noah, and all of his descendants after him, that He would never again destroy the earth and all life by the waters of a flood. (Genesis 9:8-11)  Then God set a rainbow in the clouds as a sign and a reminder of the covenant. (Genesis 9:12-16)  Noah’s three sons had children and their children begat other children. (Genesis 10:1-32)  At that time, all of the people on the earth spoke the same language. (Genesis 11:1)  This changed when man decided to build a tower to reach the heavens and God came down and confounded their language, and scattered them to different parts of the earth. (Genesis 11:3-8)  After they were scattered, they continued to multiply. (Genesis 11:10-26)  Abram was born from the lineage of Shem.  Abram and his wife Sarai went with his father from the land of Ur to Harran and settled there. (Genesis 11:31)  It was from there that The Lord God told Abram to leave.

Application:

When The Lord God tells us to “Go” then it is time for us to go, even when we are not sure exactly where we are going.  When He says that we are to leave a place or a person, then it is time for us to move on.  Sometime we have to move out of our comfort zone in order to be where God wants us to be.  There are also times when we need to leave a job, a city, a relationship, or some people behind, and that includes family.  We can still love them but we need to do so from a distance.  We need to listen to and obey the voice of God.  He speaks to us with a still small voice (1 Kings 19:12) and through His Holy Word.  Are you listening to Him?  Are you where God wants you to be?  Are you doing what God wants you to do?