SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Our Covenant Response To God’s Offer Is Obedience

Scripture: Genesis 12:1

In fact, we see throughout scripture that it takes faith to be able to obey God. Why? Because God often asks us for something that seems impossible at the time, or something that takes us way out of our comfort zone. For example if your comfort zone is giving $2 or $5 or N100 or 200 when God first asked you give much more it is a struggle!! Before the Holy Spirit arrived as our Helper, this frequently required a person of uncommon faith to take those initial steps of obedience. Look at Abraham. God gave Abram a command in Genesis 12:1 saying, “Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father\’s house, To the land which I will show you;’” According to Genesis 11:31, the land that Abram lived in at the time of his call was Ur of the Chaldeans. Archaeologists excavated what they believe to be the ruins of the city of Ur back in the 1920s. Considering the primitive state of technology during Abram’s life, Ur was supposedly a magnificent city, one of the largest in the world at its time. It would have been a centre for trade, and judging by the treasures found in the royal crypts of Ur, a very wealthy one. Consider the risk Abram was taking and the strength and courage he needed to set out on this divine journey. When God speaks are we willing to take risks that go against our flesh or culture?

Acknowledging what is in you-Phm 1:6.

  I will not divide what God has joined. We are one with Christ. We are one with God. We are one with one another; all in one; all part of the body. He is the Head, and we are the body. We are the church, and it is the church’s responsibility to meet the needs of the world; every need, regardless of what it is.

Our bank account is heaven’s bank account. Whatever the world could need, God has provided. I will expect and trust God to bring it through me.