Abram has set out; he has left his homeland and is heading to a land of Promise, waiting for God to show him where to go. He has built two altars, and that’s where we pick it up with a short verse which tells us something important.
“Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.” (Genesis 12 v 9)
He keeps going.
He didn’t get a word from God.
But in this non-dramatic moment and with no guiding voice, he continues.
Maybe today, all that is in front of you is your next step, just another day. This is how faith works at times.
There are many people I know who will be waking up who need this encouragement to continue one more day. Further, this may mean that to continue is to walk into difficulty, not into an easier season. But continue you must.
To continue doesn’t sound exciting. Continuing is an action for the middle part. Many have started but fail to arrive because they don’t continue. It might not be courage that we need but endurance and commitment.
Abram had been told he would be blessed by receiving all nations, and it probably didn’t feel like that on the day he was continuing. You may have received many promises in your life, but they seem a million miles away today. But one more day of continuing is a step nearer.
Perhaps today you know you are called, but you don’t know what the next chapter will entail. It could be that you have to pray the same prayer you prayed yesterday because there is still no change, but pray that you will. Or maybe you have to turn up, even though it hurts, and no one seems to care whether you do. Success is often found in the quiet decision of obedience to keep on, to continue what you did yesterday, to take one more step. So go ahead. Continue.
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