GOD'S VISION

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 (Read Genesis 13-14)

You have seen today in this passage of Scripture that Abram, after defecting from the path I had for him by going to Egypt during the famine, did not trust in My provision for him.  He attempted to "take care of himself" and he failed miserably.  He could have lost his life by such self-dependence.

Having seen the error of his way, Abram returned to the last place he had been found walking in My path.  He returned to the "tent of his beginning and the altar of his first worship."  The time he wasted had to be put behind him, in order for him to move forward, and this new beginning had to begin at the same point where he left the correct course.  Abram went back to his tent near Bethel and he called out to Me in surrender.

Having heard his prayer, I was now ready to move him forward in My plan.  I showed him the land that I was promising to give him.  Not only was I willing to show it to him, I had him walk about the entire land of promise.  I left it to him where he would now live.  Having considered it, he chose to move his tent forward in My plan by pitching it near the oaks of Mamre in Hebron.  There he began to dwell in the land, and he built an altar where he could worship Me.

You see, by the definition of the names of the places Abram dwelt in, his surrender and obedience could clearly be seen.  By saying their names Abram would constantly be reminded of the state of his journey.  He dwelt by the oaks of VISION (Mamre) and in COMMUNION (Hebron) with Me.

My precious one, I desire this same thing from you.  My desire is that you dwell, live, abide in My vision, My plan, My purposes for you which can be found and lived out when you are in close communion with Me.  This will require that you return from your journey to Egypt, where you have walked in your own self-reliance, self-provision, self-sufficiency.  It will require that you come back to the place where I first called you to, the vision of what I can do through you if you would surrender to Me.  It will require your surrender (again) and your full obedience to the journey of MY choosing. 

I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans for a future and a hope.  This is My VISION; live in it.  And come now and COMMUNE with Me at the altar of surrender and obedience.  This is the worship I desire of you.