Then the LORD told Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” So Abram departed as the LORD had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 12:1-4
Abraham is listed in the Hall of Fame of Faith (Hebrews 11), not the Hall of Fame of Obedience. Little acts of disobedience do make a difference. “… and Lot went with him.” He was just one relative. No big deal. God told Abram, “Leave your … relatives…” When we fail to strictly obey, God’s perfect plan is affected. We find Abram and Lot together for just a little while. Soon they part companies and Lot chooses to live in the plains and pitches his tent toward Sodom (Gen. 13:12). The family of God’s chosen people are introduced to the sin of Sodom. Little acts of disobedience do make a difference.
They also make bigger acts of disobedience easier to choose. Abraham’s big act, the plan to help God achieve His promise to make Abraham into a great nation, resulted in the birth of Ishmael by they slave woman Hagar. Abraham and Sarah give birth to Isaac, through whom it was God’s plan to fulfill His promise. The sons (and eventually the mothers) can’t live together in harmony. From this disharmony is born what we see today as the Arab/Israeli conflict. Little acts of disobedience do make a difference.
Purpose in your heart today to strictly obey God’s Word.
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