" Then the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, "To your offspring I will
give this land." So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had
appeared to him." Genesis 12:7
In Genesis 12:1-8 we hear the call of Abram (Abraham) and
Sarai (Sarah). God calls them to leave everything they know, including their
family and home, and go wherever he leads them.
As they answer this call, they realize that they cannot take
everything they have with them. So they choose what is important and leave the
rest behind. As they travel they have conversations with God. They then mark
the places that they have these conversations as hole and build altars there.
In doing this they giving God an offering – an offering of themselves, an
offering of all they have and all they are.
Through the waters of baptism, you too have been claimed and
called by God. You have been washed and marked as one of God’s own children. As
you have grown over the years, God has continued to call you by opening
opportunities to you to grow in your life of faith and share it with others.
So today, I invite you to build an altar for your offering. Take a moment and envision an
altar, your altar, in your mind. What does it look like?
After you have this image of an altar in place, ask God if
there is anything you need to put on it, anything you need to offer up to him.
It could be something that may get in the way of your journey of life and faith – a
habit, desire, time, or sin. Is there anything you are doing that is keeping
God at a distance?
Now, with these things in your mind, put them on the altar.
Hand them over to God where he will deal with them and grant you freedom from
them.
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