One Verse Devotional

When God calls us to go, He rarely tells us the exact destination. God wants our trust. Just Go. Let God show you the way! One of my favorite stories in the Old Testament is when God calls Abram (later Abraham) to go to the Promised Land. But here’s the deal. Abraham didn’t know it was the Promised Land. God didn’t even tell him where to go! In Genesis 12, God simply tells Abraham to go “to a place that I will show you.” God doesn’t give the plan. He doesn’t share the destination. He simply says, “Go.” Now consider this: Abraham didn’t have a car. He had herds of animals and family and servants and children (not his… yet!). It was a big deal to move everything. Now consider this, as well. He couldn’t have a direct route. It was desert. Abram had to move across the Fertile Crescent. All in all, he traveled 1,100 miles. Eleven hundred miles! On foot! It probably took him 9 months to a year, and he never knew when he was supposed to stop. This story unpacks how God works in our lives, today. This is still how Go