rededicates himself to the Sovereign didn’t. If only he would have depended
by reviving his devotion to God and upon God in Gen. 12:11-20 instead
reviving his dependence on God.
of putting Sarah in the line of danger.
He should have looked to the Lord for
When Abraham calls on the Lord, he protection. He should have depended on
revived his devotion to God. After the Lord. However, Abraham, in both of
experiencing failure in his life Abraham those moments, failed. Conversely, he is
comes back to the place of the altar. now declaring that he depends on God.
Abraham has a deliberate intent to This would indicate that his failure was
get into the presence of God. Given necessary for him to get to a place where
the context of the previous episode in he knew to depend on God.
Abraham’s life, this is a cry that says
God I choose you. Abraham is devoting It took Abraham failing to discover
himself to God. Note how the text says that he needed to depend on God in
“at the beginning” and “at the first.” He all situations. What happened in this
goes back and he falls in love with God man’s life is what needs to take place in
all over again. He goes back and he the lives of many of God’s children after
rekindles his love for God after leaving failure. We need to take the same steps
his love.
that Abraham took and bounce back.
Just as Abraham did in the beginning
Abraham also revived his dependence of the 13th chapter of Genesis, he
on God. No doubt enveloped in this bounced back from failure. I am here
calling on the Lord is the expressing as a testament after all of my failures
of humility and penitence for his and struggles that God will give grace
misconduct in Egypt or he was giving and have mercy upon us. By His power
thanks for deliverance from the dangers and not that of our own, we can bounce
in Egypt. Abraham, according to some back and in fact continue to bounce
scholars, was here calling on the Lord back. Abraham didn’t stay in the place
expressing his dependence on God. If of his failure, he separated himself from
only he would have depended upon God failure. We must determine that failure
back in Gen. 12:10 instead of looking all is no place for us to dwell. Failure is
over to meet his needs; which led him not final! And Bouncing back is a
to Egypt. He should have looked to the possibility!
Lord and depended on the Lord, but he
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