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When Abram was ninety-nine, God
spoke to him and said "Walk and live habitually before me
. . ." This was just after the great patriarch had acknowledged Melchizedek and he had just fought and won a significant battle. Not only that, but he had left the land of his fathers because God had told him to. He didn't know where he was to go - God said He would tell him when he left! All that, and God had not yet called him Abraham - he was still Abram. In fact, the best was yet to come. Had I gone through those things, I think I would fancy myself to be quite experienced. There is no evidence of Abram's cockiness - he seems humble and available. Yet, before he could be trusted to offer his only son in sacrifice, he had to be brought through a great deal more. Lord, please protect me from my own swollen self- image. I know there is much kneading and ground-softening that must be done in me. Make me into a soldier who will look away from my own standard of achievement and to the author and Finisher of my faith. |
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