Genesis
12: 1-3 Abraham's call to 'Go'
‘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. I will bless those who bless you and whoever
curses you I will curse and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.’
There is a big division in the bible into
two parts. One part is Genesis 1-11 and the
other part is Genesis 12- Revelation 21. Genesis 1-11 is an explanation of
man’s problem. God is creator but man has sinned. Genesis 12- Revelation 21 is God’s
response….. and what is God’s response at the
beginning of Genesis 12…. ‘I will’….Our God is a…. ‘willing God’.
This is the creator God of Genesis 1 , who
despite man’s sin and wickedness that we read about in Genesis 1-11 is a God
who will find a way to redeem the situation. He will keep his promise that he
made in Genesis 3:15 ‘he will crush your
head. God will find a way to redeem. God’s call to Abraham to ‘Go’ is proof that
God is faithful even if we are faithless. God will find a way to redeem this
situation. God will not abandon us. God has not abandoned us. The blessing in
Genesis 11 deals with the curse in Genesis 3 and the result is in Revelation 22:3.
No longer will there be any curse . The promise of Genesis 11:1-3, is a promise
of blessing. 5 times God says I will bless you. That blessing will spill out
and bless the whole earth. God says to Abraham ‘ Go …..(and) ….All peoples on
earth will be blessed through you.’ We
read later in Habbakuk.‘The earth will be filled with the knowledge of
God as the waters cover the sea.
Our God is a God of covenant and a God of history.
He has promised and He will do it . The first words of New Testament are a
genealogy. Everyone in the genealogy is a
fulfillment of the 2000 year
promise to Abraham. Our faith in the Messiah is deeply rooted in this long list
of people. Jesus is the key figure and we are invited to participate in his
spiritual lineage. In Hebrews 11we read. ‘It is by faith that we inherit the
promise’. Abraham did not see it with his eyes. As he responded to the call to
‘Go,’ he inherited the promise by faith and so do we. Our God is a God of
mission. As Abraham’s seed by faith we can step into the promise. God has said ‘Go.’ God says to you and me ‘Go' Will we
respond?
In Romans 10 we read , ‘How will they hear
if someone doesn’t ‘Go’ We need to understand that there is a greater plan in
the heart of God . God’s plan for the human race is a for a big family that
will fill the earth. Do you and I understand that we are part of that plan? Going back is not an option. He commands us to
‘Go’. Let’s step into God’s plan. He will accomplish his purposes, There is no
going back. What is your response? Will you be part of God’s big plan to bless
the whole earth, that’s God’s mission. He has promised and he will do it. You have a destiny and a purpose and it is
all part of this missions mandate: God’s plan is to bless the whole earth. Let’s
respond to God’s call and Go!
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