Genesis 12:1-3 – Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.  ² And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.  ³ I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

As I read, prayed, and meditated on the Word of God today, Genesis 12 captured my attention.  Several things in Genesis 12:1-3 spoke to my spirit.   Almost an aside was that even in less than full compliance, the purposes of God transpired, and He blessed.   That’s not my focus, but a reminder that even in our human frailty and flawed character, God still uses us.

We know the account.  “And YAHWEH said to Abram, GO FORTH from your land, and your kin, and from your father’s house to the land which I will show you; AND I will make you a great nation, AND I will bless you, AND I will make your name great; AND you will be a blessing; AND I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you I will curse.  AND in you, all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Immediately, we notice the ANDs and the I WILLs.  Look at the command:

Good forth from.   You can’t get to the ‘Go To’ until you ‘Go From.’   There is a leaving before there is a cleaving.   There is an emptying out before there is a filling with.  We have to leave the old to get to the new.  We repent to receive.

Go from your land, the lifestyle, and the identity you have followed. Go from your kin, that with which you identify.  Leave behind that from which you get your significance.   Go from your father’s house, the influence of the old way of life.

Abram did not fully obey immediately.   He only partially left the land, stopping in Haran, which was still an idolatrous land.  He took his nephew and his father.  His sense of natural obligation was strong. It took the death of his father to release him to a more complete obedience.

God gave The Promise – I WILL show you, make you, and bless you.  The Promise must be the driving focus.   God gave The Protection – “And the one who curses you, I will curse.” Psalm 91 comes to mind. Then the Provision – I will bless you, and out of that blessing, the entire world will be blessed.

God’s Promises carry with them God’s Protection and Provision.   The fulfillment of the Promise is not dependent on our ability, but on God’s.  The Promise only needs our obedience to become a reality.  If we believe the Promise and embrace the Protection, we will enjoy the Provision.

We must Go Forth to Go In.   We leave to cleave.   We die to live.  We believe to receive.  We empty out to be filled.   We leave the land (old way).  We leave our kin (lifestyle of the flesh).  We leave our father’s house (influence of carnal ideology).  We go to the land (relationship) God shows us.

The Last Days Harvest and Revival, Renewal, and Restoration will be experienced by those who Go forth from the old and Go forth to the new.  Total surrender!  Leaving all behind to enter into God’s Promise!

God’s Promise is NOW!

LORD, help us to Go From so we can Go To Your Place of Promise!