Though None Go With Me!

As much as I have come to realize that the walk of a believer is a journey not meant to be traveled alone – God not only values relationships – He abides most in relationships! However, there are those times when God will see if we are able to follow Him, even though – none go with us!

Abraham was familiar with this. What is amazing that Abraham was not the first in his family to get the call to “come out from among them.”

In Genesis 11 we read of the account of Abraham’s father:

27 This is the account of Terah.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no children.

31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

We find in this passage that Abraham’s father, Terah set out on a mission to leave the Chaldeans in Ur to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, for some reason Terah settled there and stayed until he died. What were the dream inside of Terah? What were the conversations he had with God? The Bible does not record those conversations, yet we see many conversations that were recorded between Abraham and God. What made the difference? Could it be as simple as a ‘Yes”? Could it be because Abraham made that unqualified “Yes” to go all the way, though none went with him – that this is the reason Abraham became a friend of God:

James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. (NIV)

I won’t presume to know why God calls one man a friend, fallable though he may be, like Abraham, like David, and another man just as fallable he counts unworthy like Esau, who sold his birthright. I have to believe scripture for what it says, and leave the analysis out of it – it says very clearly, Abraham believed God - and this belief was credited to him as righteousness – and because of that – he was called God’s friend!

I made a declaration this year- as much as I love people – as much as I love those God has placed in my life – even so, though none go with me – I want to be called God’s friend!

God Bless You This Lord’s Day,
Maria