“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going” (Hebrews 11:8)

Not very long ago, for many folks especially in the developed first world, if you had to undertake a long journey, it all started with getting out a physical map to guide you. Matter of fact I once had a summer odd job which would mail out travel destination maps to anxious clients. But these days all you need is an app which drops a Google pin and you are in business.

Now, are you one of those who can’t drive to another distant place without a Google pin to guide you along! There are folks to be confident to undertake a journey, all must start with a Google pin. Otherwise they stay put.

Think on the contrary when the Lord said to Abraham, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you” (Gen 12:1), nothing was clear and he had no map! But Abraham was a man of faith. He left and would once end up in Egypt, where a king competed for his wife and, then to Negev, where he and Lot had to go separate ways because of a swelling conflict ( Gen 12-13).

Ultimately, this journey of faith would yield great reward. As it is noted “Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way” ( Gen 24:1). Having got his son Isaac a wife, Rebekah, he “lived a hundred and seventy-five years. Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people” (Gen 25:7-8).

Like Abraham, you too, the Lord might be calling you out on a journey of faith. Nothing seems clear or certain. There is no map. But led by the spirit the Lord will not only guide but reward your faith.

Prayer today: Lord father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, even when nothing seems clear and the road ahead is clouded with uncertanties, I look up to you to guide and make me triumphant in this journey, this I pray in Jesus’s name