God asked Abram to leave the Ur of the Chaldeans.
impact our nation. I believe that God is about
This was a flourishing sea port with extensive trade.
to touch every Trinitarian so that corporately,
In fact, it was the most magnificent city in the world
Trinity will impact our nation for God’s glory.
at that time, very prosperous and progressive, with
I also believe that God will establish you in your
great commerce. It was also a centre of farming with
business so that you will stand out and impact
very fertile ground, and a manufacturing centre to
the nation, and the church will experience that
boot. They had it all! Who would want to leave a
blessing as well.
place like that? And especially when you don’t even know where you are supposed to go!
2 “I will bless you” – Personal blessing I believe that God is about to bless us with
God also asked Abram to leave his father’s household,
a personal blessing. We are blessed to be a
which included his father’s treasury. His father Terah
blessing, to be a source of blessing. God’s
was very wealthy. The wealth Abram stood to inherit
personal blessing will rest on us. Kings like
could probably feed his family for generations. Yet
Darius, Nebuchadnezzar and the Pharaoh paid
God told him to leave all that security. Why? Human
attention to people like Daniel, Nehemiah and
affection needs to give way to divine grace when
Joseph because they recognised that God
we follow the Lord in faith and obedience.
was with them and they were blessed of God. I believe that God will bless you richly with a
God wanted to bless Abram, but Abram’s response
personal blessing this year. It could be a blessing
was key. He needed to respond in faith. Because
in your relationships, in your finances or in your
Abram responded in faith and obedience, he later
physical health.
became the father of the nation of Israel. 3 “I will make your name great” – Reputational
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Blessings God wants to give you.
blessing
I believe there are four blessings that God
In the first blessing, the word ‘make’ in the
wants to restore and release to you as part of
phrase ‘make you into a great nation’ means ‘to
the Abrahamic covenant:
establish’. But here, in this blessing, the word ‘make’ in ‘make your name great’ means ‘to
1 “I will make you a great nation” – National
enhance and grow’. God promised to establish
blessing
Abram as a nation, and then to enhance and
This means that God will establish us as a great
grow his name and reputation.
nation. The blessing of God in our lives will
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