Nashville, Tennessee, United States - The Upper Room Daily Devotional "God is Faithful" for Saturday, 12 July 2014 - Read Genesis 12:1-7

Nashville, Tennessee, United States - The Upper Room Daily Devotional "God is Faithful" for Saturday, 12 July 2014 - Read Genesis 12: Abram and Sarai
1 God told Abram: “Leave your country, your family, and your father’s home for a land that I will show you.
2-3 I’ll make you a great nation
        and bless you.
    I’ll make you famous;
        you’ll be a blessing.
    I’ll bless those who bless you;
        those who curse you I’ll curse.
    All the families of the Earth
        will be blessed through you.”
4-6 So Abram left just as God said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot with him, along with all the possessions and people they had gotten in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan and arrived safe and sound.
Abram passed through the country as far as Shechem and the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites occupied the land.
7 God appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your children.” Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.
The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.”(Genesis 12:1 (NRSV))
I woke up one morning with a good feeling. I was simply thinking of all the ways that God has come through for me in my life. I was transitioning from a job that paid well to a new job where my income was much more uncertain. But instead of worrying, I felt a sense of confidence and peace. It reminded me of the story of Abraham and his obedience to the Lord. God told Abraham to go to a new land that God would show him. I can’t assume that Abraham never wavered, never doubted, but he trusted and followed God’s instructions. And God was faithful and gave Abraham and his descendants a new home. God asks us to believe, to be obedient, and to trust that God will always be there for us. When we face transitions and times of uncertainty, we can be encouraged by the story of Abraham. When we have faith and act in obedience, God will see us through. God will never fail us.
The Author: Byron Samuels (Florida, USA)
Thought for the Day: When we put our faith and trust in God, God will always come through.
Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, thank you for always providing for us. Even when we don’t understand, help us to be obedient to your will and your way. Amen. Visit devotional.upperroom.org/blog for more content

Prayer focus: Those facing transition
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