God’s Call Is a Call to Obey God’s Revelation: In Genesis 12,Abraham’s call began with God speaking to him. We don’t know exactly how this happened. Maybe, God spoke to him through a fiery bush, through a cloud, a blinding light, or a soft whisper. We don’t know. But we do know that God made his will very clear to Abraham—he was to leave his country, his people, and his father’s household.

Many believers want to know God’s will. What is God’s will for my future? What major should I pursue? Who should I marry? What should I do next?

Uprooting oneself and one’s family is a difficult and sometimes necessary thing. Aside from the physical work of packing up belongings, marshalling movers or friends, and unpacking, there’s the mental and emotional strain of starting over, of finding new habits, of making new friends, of discarding things that are no longer useful. It can be a great act of faith, even today, to start over.

Our God is alpha and omega, a god not only of endings, but of beginnings. God is present in the stressfulness and pain of endings, promising us blessings even as we feel overwhelmed, hopeless, and tired. Will we receive those blessings of new beginnings?

·       What beginnings and endings are you anticipating in the months ahead? Will they be stressful, exciting, challenging, hopeful?

·       How can you remember God’s faithfulness in the midst of struggle? How will you praise him even times of great upheaval?

Prayer: O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.