As I was preparing for a Bible study recently, I ran across a scripture I have read numerous times. But on this date, God spoke to me through this passage, and I heard a message I had never received before:
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot . . and his daughter-in-law Sarai . . and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, THEY SETTLED there. -- Genesis 11:31.
Terah was on his way to Canaan -- the land later promised to the children of Israel, but before he reached it, he settled. If you go on to verse 32, you read that "he died in Haran." As I read that, I was struck by how often that happens. We have a goal, a dream, a desire, a plan, but something happens. We get sidetracked. The busyness of daily living stops us dead in our tracks and rather than reaching the destination, we settle for something less than we had intended. As I read it, it seems Terah had it in his heart to go to Canaan, but something stopped him. He never reached his goal.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to miss out on the promise God has for me! I want to accomplish His purpose in my life by being intentional in the way I live. I readily admit that I have failed miserably in the past, but thank God, "Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not." -- Lamentations 3:22. God, in his compassion, gives us new chances each day to regroup and start pursuing His purposes. I want to be intentional in the way I live each day for Him!
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