LEAVE YOUR HARAN BEHIND

TUESDAY, 8TH AUGUST, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  LEAVE YOUR HARAN BEHIND

MEMORIZE: “Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1. 

SCRIPTURE READING: Genesis 11:31-32

“And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.”

EXPOSITION:

In Old Testament times, God told Abraham that through him all the nations of the world would be blessed. But with this blessing came a great responsibility. Abraham had to leave his country, his own people, and his father's household to go to a land God would show him (Genesis 12:1). Abraham first went to a place called Haran and settled there (Genesis 11:31). He was tempted to stay at Haran, but to receive the blessing he had to obey God and leave this place. Abraham could not become the father of a great nation and fulfill his own selfish ambitions at the same time. Crossing the city limits of Haran and moving on to fulfill God's plan was a great decision for Abraham.

Did you know that you are a believer today because of Abraham's decision? Because Abraham left Haran, God blessed him. Through Abraham, all men and women of all nations everywhere are blessed with the Gospel. They are blessed because salvation through Jesus Christ came from the family of Abraham because of his obedience. Like Abraham, when you receive the blessing you also receive a great responsibility. To those who have been blessed with salvation and the Holy Spirit, evangelism is not an option. It is an obligation (Acts 1:8).

Spiritually speaking, every believer eventually faces a "Haran" in his life. This spiritual "Haran" is the place where God asks, "Are you willing to lay down your own ambitions for the sake of the Gospel? Are you willing to leave your homeland, your people, your father's house should I ask it"? You cannot fulfill your own selfish ambitions and bless the nations at the same time. You must cross the line and leave Haran behind.

ACTION POINT:  Lord, I leave my Haran to my Canaan land flowing with milk and honey in Jesus Name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Jeremiah 1 – 4.

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