Be Still And Know

Hebrews 11.8 NLT 'It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.' Everything about Abraham’s life is amazing but, for me, this is the most incredible moment. At the age of 75 he headed out from his home in Haran without having a clue where he was going! People, in my experience, just don’t do things like that. When they leave their house they have a clear idea where they are heading and if, as in Abraham’s case, they take their whole family and their cattle with them as well, it is unthinkable that they would head off without having some idea where the journey was taking them. But not Abraham. He was called by God and off he went. We have to conclude that Abraham was absolutely confident in God. In human terms he was taking the most enormous risk but in spiritual terms he was clearly completely convinced that he was doing the right thing. In our risk averse culture you can