Gen 12:1 “Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:”

Imagine that you live in a country where the religion is whatever you find. Imagine that there is a god for everything. Imagine now that you have grown up worshiping all the gods in the area. Now, imagine that one night after your father just died, you hear a voice speaking to you, telling you to do something. Would you do it?

Abram did. When God spoke to him, Abram knew immediately that it was the voice of some deity. Without apparent question, what did Abram do? He packed up his house and left. He followed the voice that spoke. In Hebrews chapter 11:8, “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.”

Abram, not knowing at the time that he was following the order’s of Elohim, went ahead and followed the orders. Later on, he made the commitment to follow God, later on he decided to fully worship ONE deity, the Almighty. Yet Abram still had to take that first step, and it was accounted to him as faith.

That first step, that unknowing step is hard to take. We as people can try to rationalize it out. We can wonder and debate about the call, yet we cannot deny His call. Some, like Jonah hear the call and try to run. Some like Isaiah hear the call and say “send me” Some just try and ignore the call altogether and pretend it never happened, in the end, these people merely hurt themselves. Like lot’s wife - instead of looking forward and trusting God - they look back to reminisce, to whimper, to complain, to desire what they were called from.

Do not let yourself be troubled, Do not let yourself be afraid. God knows what He is doing. He would not call you to go or do something that He will not go with you, or do with you. God has a purpose in everything that He does. Let Him guide the way, even if it is only for a few steps. Psalms 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”