Genesis 12:1-9
God reveals his transcendent presence that dwells with us as we move and calls us into the purposes of God. Our ability to move from security is in response to God’s promise of renewal that discontinues our barrenness and releases us into life giving fruitfulness. Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9
Point #1: God moves by speaking so that Abram can have the courage to move. Verse 12:1a Now the Lord said to Abram.
Point #2: Abram moves so God can reverse the curse. Verse 12:1-3 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Point #3: Abram moves so God can reveal what he can’t see. Verse 12:7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him
