WHEN THE LORD SAYS GO IT IS TIME TO MOVE

PROCLAMATION

“Now The Lord had said unto Abram, ‘Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee.’ ”  Genesis 12:1 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  After God confounded their language and scattered mankind to different parts of the earth, (Genesis 11:3-8) they continued to multiply.  Abram, who would later become known as Abraham and as the father of the faithful, (Genesis 17:5) was born from the lineage of Shem. (Genesis 11:10-26)  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. (Genesis 12:1)  The Lord told Abram that He would bless him and make him into a great nation.  God said that whoever blesses Abram would be blessed and whoever curses him would be cursed.  All of mankind would be blessed through him. (Genesis 12:2-3)  Abram left Harran and travelled through Canaan, and towards Bethel, to Egypt.  It was in Egypt that Abram lied to Pharaoh and said that his wife Sarai was his sister because he feared for his life. (Genesis 12:10-16)  Sarai was taken to Pharaoh’s palace, but God sent a plague upon Pharaoh and his household and Sarai was returned to Abram before Pharaoh touched her. (Genesis 12:17-20)

 

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 God says that we are to leave a place or a person, then it is time for us to move on.  Sometimes we have to move out of our comfort zone in order to be where God wants us to be.  There are times when we need to leave a job, a city, a relationship, or some people behind, and that includes family.  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.  Where we were yesterday may not be where God wants us to be tomorrow, so it may be time for us to move today.  We all need to make sure that we are where God wants us to be and that we are doing what God wants us to do.