Let Go!

It’s total chaos, detrimental to your health, and can be painful at times; yet you still do it anyway. We do it because it’s familiar~ not necessarily comfortable. We get out of our comfort zone; we become frustrated, angry (for no reason), argumentative, and resentful ~ even though it can be disastrous to our life.

Abraham and Sarah were comfortable and familiar with their country, their family, and their home. As the scripture below says, it was to Abraham’s advantage to leave what was familiar and comfortable to him; and God will bless him with abundant increase and favor and make Abraham’s name famous.

Now [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and ^[a]curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves]. So Abram departed, as the Lord had directed him; and Lot [his nephew] went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Genesis 12:1-4 AMP

How many of us would be willing to leave everything we are comfortable with and familiar with and go to an unfamiliar place as well as leave all of those we love behind? Many of us probably would not; however, Abraham and Sarah obeyed. God knew that in order to bless Abraham, he needed to get away from his family, who were negatively influencing him and causing chaos and confusion in his life.

[Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about where he was to go. Hebrews 11:8 AMP

Being obedient to Christ is not always comfortable or familiar. Whereas, God will not ask us to do anything that will harm us or hinder us from living. However, many of us resist his promptings. God is more concerned about our character than He is our comfort (a true Christian friend told me). So when we obey, he will bless us (in His timing) with abundance and favor; but not the abundance we as earthly humans are thinking (abundance in wisdom [which surpasses money] knowledge of the word, health in the body, true friendships, building character, and joy, just to name a few).  Believe in Him and in His unconditional love for us and see how your life is transformed from darkness to light!

Food for thought – He will bless us with money when we are ready to handle it. And when we are blessed with money, we are to be a blessing to others.