Genesis 12:1-9
God Calls to Abraham
1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”
4 So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.
When God called upon Abraham, it must have been such a special feeling for him...Even though there would be dangers and troubles along the way to this land, this Promised Land God was telling Abram about, there must have been a secure and full of faith feeling for Abram...And how great a feeling it must have been for Sarah and Lot and the others...For when God calls on us like He did Abraham, there must have been this feeling of great security and great comfort for Abraham...After all, God would be with Abram and would be watching over him...And when He does these type things, the LORD comforts and protects...
Abraham had to make radical changes in his life because he was asked by the LORD: “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you...“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing...I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”...Abraham followed God's will and was blessed for it and so are we...All the peoples on earth are blessed through our Patriarch Abraham for having faith in His Father...