1. God wanted Abraham to leave Ur of the Chaldees and later Haran, leaving his family completely behind. However, he took his nephew Lot with him. If you don’t do everything God says, it will one day bring trouble. Because Lot also had cattle, flocks, and shepherds, there was contention between them (Gen. 12:1, 4; Gen. 13:5-7a).
2. Abraham was called by God to fulfill His will, and everything God gave him was for this purpose. With Abraham was the blessing, and his nephew Lot, who accompanied him, was to have the same vision—to follow Abraham, not seeking personal gain, but being fully one with him in order to do God’s will (Gen. 13:5-6, 11; Phil. 2:1-4).
3. All his life, Abraham lived in tents, wandering in the land God had promised him. We too should not set our hearts on material things, for we live as strangers and pilgrims in this world. Our homeland is not here; our kingdom is the kingdom of heaven, and it is for this that we strive (Heb. 11:8, 16; Phil. 3:20).
4. “Regeneration means being born again. Jesus told Nicodemus that unless he was born again, he could not see the kingdom of God (John 3:3). When we are born again, we are born into another kingdom, the kingdom of God. Since we are of God’s kingdom, we must walk according to the Spirit” (1 Peter 1:3, 23; John 3:8) (Daily Food, book 2, week 1, Thursday, pg. 13).
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