A quick background on Genesis 12- Abram goes into Egypt due to a famine. In Egypt, he pretends that Sarai, his wife, is actually his sister so they won't kill him for her beauty. She is taken into the Pharoah's palace and Abram is treated well. Until, that is, the Pharaoh is inflicted with serious diseases, discovers the truth, and orders Abram and Sarai to leave.
Genesis 13:3-4: From the Negev, he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier and where he had first build an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
The first time I read that I was like "ok... cool. He built another altar for God. Abram, altars, ok got it." But this afternoon I went through to re-read a few passages.. and it just stuck out to me. He went back to where he had been before. He'd made a wrong turn and it ended in disaster, so he went back. He had to turn around and literally go back.
He went back to where he'd made the wrong turn. Then he called on the Lord.
Monday, May 21, 2007
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