Genesis 12:1-4
I marvel at biblical characters who respond to the call of God without question. My story would most likely not be characterized by such unquestioned obedience. I resonate more with Moses as he responds to God’s call at the burning bush with a laundry list of excuses about why someone else, anyone else would be better suited for the job. I am more inclined, like Ananias, to inform God about the circumstances of calling that might be distasteful, even dangerous. Ananias had a great point when he reminded God about Saul’s persecution of his fellow Christians. “Go!” God said to both men, and probably still grumbling, they went.
Not so with Abram. God called him to leave his family, homeland, and the security of all he had ever known, to step out in faith and help birth a new nation. Our text today says simply, “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.” Which takes the greater faith…obedience without question, or grumbling obedience? Somehow God works in the midst of both. That is the wonder of God.
Prayer: God who calls, be present in our obedience, unquestioned or grudging, and use us today as you desire. Amen.
Jim Abernathy
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