How quickly are you likely to head out on a trip, if a friend asks you to go? Will you just pack a bag and go? What if you don’t want to go? Will you tell them? Or will you find a reason that sounds legitimate? Would you go if God told you to go? Or would you argue?
Any time we decide to go on a trip, we take time to plan. Even if we decide on short notice, we plan on what we will pack, the route we will take, and how long we will stay. Taking a trip, whether across the state or out of the country, requires a little planning on our part.
Abraham was told by God to pack his things and move out. Abraham didn’t even know where he was going. All he knew was that God would lead him. He was going to be leaving the only land he had ever known. He and Sarah were leaving his family. He was heading into the unknown with his household possessions and some livestock.
God calls us to go into the unknown as well. He might not call us to go to a foreign land, but he calls us to go to places we don’t know and to do things we haven’t been trained for. Few have been trained to comfort a person who is grieving the loss of a loved one. Few have been trained to tell others about Jesus. Noone has all the answers to the questions they will face.
But take note of the most important thing Abraham had—faith. Just as Abraham took off on faith, we can go places and do things by faith. When we trust that God will provide for the trip or the conversation, we can do what God calls us to do. God may not provide what we need until the very moment we need it, but he will provide.
I pray we all decide to answer God’s call. I pray we step out in faith, trusting God to provide. I pray each one of us know we have inheritance waiting for us that God has already provided. Answer God’s call. Step out in faith. Trust God to provide. Know that he already has.
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.
Marty Pressey 