God told Abram to leave his country, his people, his father’s household and go. Yet, Abram took possessions, and people, including Lot. He didn’t obey God completely. Incomplete obedience is disobedience . How often do we obey God only when it's something we want to do, completely ignoring other things that we should do? Complete obedience is not an easy thing to do.
Back to Abram. He next decided to go to Egypt, instead of trusting God to provide for him during the famine. If Abram had taken only what God told him to take, he wouldn’t have had to worry about taking care of all his entourage.
Then this man...Melchizedek...just who is He anyway??? See the book of Hebrews. It explains it very clearly!
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Interesting the many problems Abram encountered just by taking Lot along. Didn't seem like a bad idea, but not what God told him.
Possessions and wealth inevidably lead to discord and strife, that is if you keep it for yourself, cling to it and depend on it for security. Abram acted out of a gentle, generous heart; Lot out of greed and selfishness.
Abram shows character by going after Lot, I never noticed before how far he traveled.
Melchizedek--wow!! Lesson here, beware of taking anything offerred by the world as it may deflect glory from God. God will share His glory with no man.
Great parallels again in Ps. 5
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