Thursday 4 February 2016

Pilgrims on the journey. Genesis 13. Pilgrimage and Separation. This journey is all about tents and altars: journeying and encountering God in discovery and a growing intimacy. The call and the promise Abram received required him to leave behind certain things and also various relationships. Pilgrimage requires separation for certain things in exchange for a growing intimacy with God. This separation may be physical but also psychological. The account of why and how Abram and Lot separated is examined. Lot made his choices on the basis of what he saw and wanted and Abram on the basis of looking and listening to God’s promise and walking in obedience. Jesus redefined his family as those who hear the will of God and obey it. Luke 8: 19 – 21.
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