Day 8 Go
12 1Now 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 And 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 him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
God does odd things, things which defy easy explanation. After God’s great burst of creativity, ending with His masterpiece, mankind, He lavishes His love on us, placing us inside a garden designed for thriving. Then in a fit of prideful rebellion, we turn our back on Him and all He offered, including the intimacy of evening walks. But He was not through with us. Not only did He plan on redeeming, restoring, and reclaiming us, He also planned on involving us in the process.
Years later He reaches out to an old childless man, asking him to uproot and move across the ancient world to a land he’d never seen. Leaving behind all that he’d known, Abram sets out on this strange journey. His trust and faith in God brings him into the grand narrative of salvation. He joins God on this marvelous journey from darkness into light, from desperation to security, from broken relationship to safe intimacy. Through Jesus and the incarnation, God extends the same offer to us today. Christmas reminds us of God’s continuing creative work of redemption, restoration, and reclamation, bringing His lost sheep back into the fold.
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