Worthy Brief - 5/9/2025
Friend, go forth: God doesn't move in comfort zones!
Genesis 12:1 "Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go forth [lech lecha] from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.’"
When God spoke to Abram, the command was clear yet profoundly personal. The Hebrew phrase lech lecha carries a dual meaning: "go forth" and "go for yourself." This journey wasn’t just a physical relocation; it was a spiritual pilgrimage—a call to walk out God’s will and to walk into his divine inheritance. Abram’s journey was not merely about distance but about destiny.
God called Abram to journey through the land destined to be his and his descendants' everlasting inheritance.
Centuries later, Yeshua (Jesus), the second Adam, stepped down from His heavenly throne to walk the same ground. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us in the land of promise, coming to restore the relationship broken by Adam’s sin and to reclaim what was lost.
But before Abram could receive the fullness of God’s promise, he had to surrender what he considered his most precious blessings—his homeland, his father's house, and his comfort zone. God was not only calling Abram to go forth but also to let go.
Friend, God doesn’t work in comfort zones. Yeshua’s call still resounds: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23) True faith requires surrender.
Shabbat Shalom ... have a great weekend! See you on Monday!
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George, Baht Rivka, Elianna and Obadiah
(George, Baht Rivka & Obi - Baltimore, Maryland | Elianna - Married living in Missouri)
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