Through the Bible in 2012

Day 7 Readings:

Genesis 12
Genesis 13
Psalm 10

Comments:

Genesis 12 begins the story of Abram and Sarai and their family. We are starting a story that will span generations and continues even today. The Jewish people trace their history to Abraham. As followers of Christ, Abraham is our ancestor also. This is our story.

I well remember when I graduated from Oklahoma State University and headed off to seminary (graduate school). I had applied to Asbury Seminary in Kentucky and was accepted. But I never visited the campus. I just knew in my gut it was the place for me to go. My car was packed full of my essentials, and I backed out of my parents driveway in August of 1991 and started my journey to Kentucky. This was the farthest I had ever been by myself. And this was before cell phones! It was a two day journey for me. I arrived, started school, and the rest is history! Here I am, at Albright, twenty some years later!

Imagine you are Abram and Sarai. God asks you to pack up and go on a long journey. God asks you to go to a place you have never been. You know you will probably never go back home again. You will have a new home. That is what Abram and Sarai do. They leave Haran and head to Canaan. God promises to bless them and they in turn will be a blessing to others. He gives them the land as a new home and this new home will also belong to Abram and Sarai’s descendants.

The journey is just beginning.