Terah versus Abraham by: William R. Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com
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Terah versus Abraham by: William R. Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com
Genesis 11:27- Genesis 12:1 (New International Version)
27 This is the account of Terah.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became
the father of Lot. 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran
died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and
Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name
of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father
of both Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no
children.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his
daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they
set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came
to Haran, they settled there.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Genesis 12:
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and
your father's household and go to the land I will show you.
Before God gave the promise to Abraham He came first to Terah since
obviously he's the father of Abraham but somewhere along the way Terah
was not able to attain to the promise of God and later Abraham earned
the promise for himself and his descendants. With this event, we can
learn several things.
1. Stick with people who are blessed by God. Abram sticked with his
father Terah to attain God's blessings even if it means leaving their
comfort zone and setting out on the unknown. (verse 31)
2. Don't be contented with second hand blessings but insist on getting
it first hand. Notice the last sentence "But when they came to Haran,
they settled there." on verse 31, somehow Terah never pursued God
anymore to get to the promise land and settled in for second or third
best which is Haran, however Abraham pursued it as depicted in Genesis
12:1 and as a result based on Chapter 12, Abraham like a trained
soldier of God, followed God with no questions at all. He never
complained saying "First, I lost my relatives leaving them, secondly,
I lost my father, blah blah" Nothing like that, Abraham obeyed God
during the hard times.
3. You can be blessed by God inside or outside of the promise, but
choose to obey God inside the promise. For example, God might need you
as a minister but you end up as a webmaster, God will see His ways
fulfilled in you, all in due time but God needs undivided loyalty and
focus to his promise, He needs you inside the "promise land", surely
Terah got blessed outside of the promise but Abraham chooses to be
inside God's promises to get the blessings even if it means offering
his first born son, Isaac.
4. Stick with the Blessor not the blessings. Finally God is the one
who's giving the blessings, not you, not your own strength, ability,
talents, remember even those are given by God to you, even your whole
existence in this world, so follow God and don't settle for the
blessings. If you have God, you have everything.
William Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com specializes in domains, webhosting,
webmaster's tools, netpreneur's articles and resources. Stands out as
a freebie provider, business opportunity provider and the like. Visit
his site at www.Nabaza.com or contact him directly at
wil...@nabaza.com or sup...@nabaza.com
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http://www.nabaza.com/2009/10/terah-versus-abraham-by-william-r.html
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Terah versus Abraham by: William R. Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com
Genesis 11:27- Genesis 12:1 (New International Version)
27 This is the account of Terah.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became
the father of Lot. 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran
died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and
Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name
of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father
of both Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no
children.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his
daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they
set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came
to Haran, they settled there.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Genesis 12:
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and
your father's household and go to the land I will show you.
Before God gave the promise to Abraham He came first to Terah since
obviously he's the father of Abraham but somewhere along the way Terah
was not able to attain to the promise of God and later Abraham earned
the promise for himself and his descendants. With this event, we can
learn several things.
1. Stick with people who are blessed by God. Abram sticked with his
father Terah to attain God's blessings even if it means leaving their
comfort zone and setting out on the unknown. (verse 31)
2. Don't be contented with second hand blessings but insist on getting
it first hand. Notice the last sentence "But when they came to Haran,
they settled there." on verse 31, somehow Terah never pursued God
anymore to get to the promise land and settled in for second or third
best which is Haran, however Abraham pursued it as depicted in Genesis
12:1 and as a result based on Chapter 12, Abraham like a trained
soldier of God, followed God with no questions at all. He never
complained saying "First, I lost my relatives leaving them, secondly,
I lost my father, blah blah" Nothing like that, Abraham obeyed God
during the hard times.
3. You can be blessed by God inside or outside of the promise, but
choose to obey God inside the promise. For example, God might need you
as a minister but you end up as a webmaster, God will see His ways
fulfilled in you, all in due time but God needs undivided loyalty and
focus to his promise, He needs you inside the "promise land", surely
Terah got blessed outside of the promise but Abraham chooses to be
inside God's promises to get the blessings even if it means offering
his first born son, Isaac.
4. Stick with the Blessor not the blessings. Finally God is the one
who's giving the blessings, not you, not your own strength, ability,
talents, remember even those are given by God to you, even your whole
existence in this world, so follow God and don't settle for the
blessings. If you have God, you have everything.
William Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com specializes in domains, webhosting,
webmaster's tools, netpreneur's articles and resources. Stands out as
a freebie provider, business opportunity provider and the like. Visit
his site at www.Nabaza.com or contact him directly at
wil...@nabaza.com or sup...@nabaza.com
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