Week of August 30, 2024

“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.” (Genesis 12:7, NKJV)

God made Abram a great promise but, it required a risk. The promise that the Lord made to Abram I’m sure astounded him. “All the families of the earth were to be blessed through him.” But for that to be so he had to leave his home land, security, familiar surroundings. Abram discovered that being obedient meant risk.

Think of how hard we work to diminish the risks of life. We labor, save, plan, and invest ourselves with safe responsibilities. Then we settle into a neat, everything is the same and we complain because the excitement of life has come to an end.

Let’s conclude that none of us have arrived, there will always be a next step in our adventure with the Lord. He calls us to new levels of risk. The question is this, is there an element of risk in your life? What would you do if you trusted God completely?

Now absolutely the crucial element in taking risk is to discover where the Lord is leading God is not leading you to do everything but He is leading you to step out and do something. What is he inspiring you to do?

God Bless, Pastor Rick