GET YOURSELF OUT

“Now Adonai said to Avram, ‘Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.’”
Genesis 12:1

There are times in life when Adonai gives us a simple command. Since we have been given freewill, Adonai cannot perform the command for us. It comes down to us and whether we will obey or not. For Avram (Abram), just such a simple command was given. Genesis 12:1 tells us that Adonai gave Avram the command to get out of the country he was currently residing in. He was to get away from the land and the relatives and travel to a land that would be shown to him. The blessing of a great nation was given to him at this same time, but everything hinged on Avram’s obedience. In Genesis 12:4 we read of Avram’s obedience. To the command to leave, Arvam obeyed.
I cannot help but wonder how many times Adonai has given me simple commands. Too many times I find myself stuck on the big ones and trying to work out ways around His will that I honestly ignore the simple ones. But where is the faith the Avram had? I am not quite sure I have that faith, or at least walk in that faith. Avram heard the command to get out, obeyed, and left. I hear the command and then what? I hear the command to stop sinning, to watch my speech, to be a reflection of Adonai in all my actions, but do I obey? Am I a follower of Him only when it is convenient?
As I continue to grow in my relationship with Adonai, I want to also grow in the speed in which I obey. I want to stop asking questions and stop trying to find a way around what I am being asked to do and just do it. If He says to get myself out, I want to get myself out. The blessing for doing His will is just an obedient step away. I know what and where He is asking me to leave, but what about you? What and where do you need to get out from?

Genesis 12:1-13