Back Up a Moment

I realize that when you start reading a book or letter you don't tend to start part way through and then go back to the beginning. Yesterday, though I started with God call to Abram but I do want us to go back a few verses and see something before we go to far.

Gen 11:27-32 27 Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. 32 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran. NASU

We can see that Abram's father, Terah had begun his own journey to Canaan. We are not told why he began that journey. Whether it was a nice place to live, good work place, great place to retire. We will never know but what we do see missing is God's call for him to go.

This is what I want us to see and understand, unless God calls us and enables us, we will not have the strength or ability to complete the task.

Are you trying to do "good things" in your own strength or do you know God has called and commanded you to do them. If God has commanded/called then you will have all you need to do what He wants.

Don't go it alone, do what God wants in His strength and get the job done completely. Terah only got so far on his own, Abram completed all God commanded because God commanded and provided the strength.