2026-03-03 Lent - Day 14 Second Tuesday of Lent Genesis 12:1-4 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. Hello! I hope you are still enjoying your Lenten journey and growing closer with Christ. Lent is about repentance, prayer, and charity. But for our spiritual growth, we should also educate ourselves. Today we will look at God calling Abram, who of course later God changed his name to Abraham. The name Abram in the Hebrew language means “exalted father”. We have all heard at some point that the Jews are God’s chosen people. Well, here is where God chooses Abram and begins the Covenant with him. Before we get too far, I must say there are three prolific Abramic religions. Jewish, Muslim, and Christianity all have Abramic roots. God has a plan for all of us, we just have to be patient. In the first verse, we see that God is separating Abram from everyone else. He wants Abram to have a clean new beginning. This is a pivotal time in our history. God uses Abram to begin moving from idol worship into grace through Christ. God promises Abram his new home will be a land that will become very rich in resources, which it did. He also promises Abram that he will be protected. It’s important to note that Abram has no children at this time. That will be a key factor as we move through his story. The ultimate goal is not just to prosper Abraham, but to use his family as a conduit for global blessing, reversing the curses of humanity in Genesis 1-11. With no children, how can that be possible? 😬. You will have to come back and see, but another question is “Why is Lot with Abram? He is specifically mentioned. Why? In my humble opinion, this is an example of how we as people, disobey God on a regular basis, but we always have an excuse. God plainly told Abram not to take any family with him, but he disobeyed and took Lot anyway. Probably because Lot was the son of Abram’s dead brother and Abram still felt responsible to his brother. Well intended, but still disobedient. Abram’s disobedience is a fabulous illustration how we disobey God, because we think we know what’s best. We have to remain in control. Why didn’t Abram trust God to care for Lot? Excellent question and we don’t know the answer, but we do know that truly trusting in God is the hardest thing we will ever do. We will see later that Abram is good at making excuses and trying to out his spin on why God wants rather than being patient and waiting on Gods plan to work itself out. As we go further in our study of Abram over the next few days, we will see the greed of Lot. As we pray through this Lent, ask that God’s will be done, not the will of our own. Learn to trust God with everything and continually pray for wisdom. Blessings,