"Full Obedience"

January 12, 2024
 
Daily Devotion:
 
"Full Obedience"
 
Genesis 12:1-4
New International Version
 
12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people, and your father’s household 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 went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.
The Lord was calling Abraham to leave everything he knew—his land, his family, and his home—to head into the unknown without a map. God had a destination in mind for him and his future descendants. He promised to show the way and let Abram know when he arrived.
Are there things God has commanded us to do that we treat as mere suggestions, statements, or requests?
We sometimes look for loopholes or choose a semi-committed “maybe” in response to something God has instructed us to do. Abram understood there was only one righteous response to God. That was a “Yes, Lord”—which he promptly demonstrated with his full obedience.