You.
The Father says, pointing his finger at an unlikely hero.
Cowardly. Deceitful. Broken.
Follow me, and I will bless you.
I will make you a blessing.
(Genesis 12: 1,2)
Abram hardly seems the example of obedience.
Leave your family, the Father says.
Abram brings them along.
Trust me for your child, the Father says.
Abram tries to help God along by having a baby with his wife’s servant.
And yet.
Abram believed God.
He believed in the promise of redemption.
And from this childless man, a nation.
And from this nation, a Messiah.
And from this Messiah, a hope, our hope, that all will be set right again.
The world has changed since Abram’s time.
The Father has not.
He is still calling unlikely heroes.
He is still using cowardly, deceitful, broken people to build his kingdom.
He is still bringing beauty from barrenness, hope from despair.
He is still whispering promises of redemption,
If we are quiet enough, still enough
To listen.
And to believe.
A little bit of everything... 