Moving On

Genesis 12;1-4 (KJV)

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:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.


Have you spoken to anyone, in public or private, and made the statement, "The Lord said to me to...."? I ask the question because if you have, I have to ask this next question, if it pertains to you, "Why haven't you began to....?"

Abram heard what God had desired of him, and received all of what God desired of him and was going to do for him. Upon hearing what God's will was for his life Abram departed and began his life's journey. I say life's journey because of all that God had spoken to Abram, which if you continue reading, it all came to pass according to how God spoke. Anyway, another thing about this text that is beneficial to the reader/person studying is that there is no given/recorded time span between what God spoke to Abram, and Abram gathering up all of his stuff to move. We do know how old Abram was though, seventy five. That right there should push all of the standard excuses you have for not moving on what God said right on out the door. No! Seriously, if you read on you will see that anywhere, in age, below seventy five, really should not hold an excuse. Especially the excuse of age.

Now first off, back in verse 1, I keyed in on something refreshing. God said, "unto a land that I will show thee:". Hallelujah! This is a statement that is actually a promise. Oh Hallelujah! God will not do what he said he would do. So what made me leap with joy is the fact that if you heard God say that he would do....., then it WILL be done. Where we, as his faithful children (that is even a fact due to Abram moving upon hearing God's will), seem to get a little off track is when want "see" God perform what he said he would perform without us doing anything. Real quick, can a cake be a cake without the mixing of the ingrediants? If God says to you that he desires you do such and such, and that will bring you to what he will do? Why then would you want to not do such and such? Yes, this is for you to answer. Answer the question. Why? God will accomplish what he said he would do. When that which God says will be done, he accomplishes that which he said will be done, with or without you. I'd much rather be remembered as being just like Abram, in that all anyone would know is that I moved. I performed. I relayed the message. I walked over. Understand? If all God asked you to do is what he asked you to do, then do it.

Furthermore, going back to the text, we see another point of joy in that God announced what would be the reality of Abram at some point in time in his life. Yup! This one is going to crack a few of your foreheads but.... Okay, when God spoke to Abram those certainty of blessings, he (God) didn't say, "This will happen in six months."
I should stop the statement there, but I am sure some would miss the 'self taught lesson'. Again, God doesn't deal in man's expectancy of time span. Oh, how can I explain because I can see one, sitting, reading, about to cry a bit, full of frustration, because they are in the longest span of time they ever 'waited' only because God said so, and they are sure it was God that said, "Wait". Prayerfully this will soothe. What you, the child of God, have to do is not allow for the circumstances to dictate to you who God "must be", no. You have to stay next to who YOU KNOW God to be, by staying in his Word, and dictating to the circumstances who "God is". Abram could move on God's directive because he, Abram, knew who God was. God was personal to Abram. He couldn't not have an encounter with God, receive instructions, and stand stil; hemmin' and hawin' God. No!!! Abram HAD to move. "How dare I disrespect my God in such a way as to not move?", is my supposed thought of what Abram would have said to himself, after hearing from God.

So, why are you not moving, or haven't moved yet? Is God not that personal to you? Could it be that you do not hold his word to be just that precious? I mean I am asking because I hesistated for awhile, and it was devistating, once I did move, to recognize how much time I did waste, but God didn't lose any time in my waiting to move (again, I hope you get this 'self taught lesson'). Brothers and Sisters, our dedication to performing God's will for our lives is going to require an eyesight that has to go beyond this physical world. You have heard it before, and probably know it to be true. But, have you actually buried that fact deep within your heart, to not allow circumstances and situations to come chip away at the eyesight? Yes, this is difficult and it can cause pain to come about but, trust, the elation that is going to occur.......

I am being directed to give, to you, something someone already wrote about this very sentiment I am attempting to convey to you all. Paul wrote, in his second epistle, to the church in Corinth:

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many rebound to the glory of God.
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;~ 2 Corinthians 4;8-9 & 15-17

Don't hesistate on moving, now that you have instructions; given to you by God. If already on the move, don't stop. If you have stopped, do not think you cannot continue. You can. Just start moving, again. I am praying for you.


Holla,
Yer Brova Catalyst