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January 19
Saturday


SHENANDOAH

READ:
Genesis 12:1-9
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By faith Abraham
obeyed when he
was called to go.
__ Hebrews 11:8
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My grandfather grew up on the North American frontier and raised his family on a dairy farm. To pass the time, he often sang songs while he worked "Shenandoah" was one of his favorites:

O Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, you rolling river,
O Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri.

That song reflects the love the pioneer songwriter had for the Shenandoah River. Yet he felt compelled to leave its beauty and go west. His love for the familiar rooted him, but the pull of something better won his heart.

When Abraham was called out of Ur to follow God to the Promised Land, he had to leave everything that was familiar to him (Gen. 12:1). Despite the idolatry of that pagan city, Abraham had probably grown attracted to the comfort of his home, the variety of the food, and the fellowhip of his friends. But Abraham left the familiar to follow God's leading: "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to " (Heb. 11:8).

When we experience God's call to another place, it may mean leaving behind the people and the things we love. But when we
are obedient to God, He will provide something even more fulfillling at our new destination. __ Dennis Fisher
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fulfillment on life's journey comes~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When we in faith obey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~The leading of our loving God__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~He'll not lead us astray. __ Sper~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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You don't need to see the way
if you follow the One who is the Way.

************Today's Bible Reading __ Genesis 12:1-9***************

1 Now the LORD had said to
Abram: "Get out of your
country, from your family
and from your father's
house, to a land that I will
show you. 2 I will make you
a great nation; I will bless
you and make your name
great; and you shall be a
blessing. 3 I will bless those
who bless you, and I will
curse him who curses you;
and in you all the families of
the earth shall bg blessed."

4 So Abram departed as the
LORD had spoken to him,
and Lot went with him. And
Abram was seventy-five
years old when he departed
from Haran. 5 Then Abram
took Sarai his wife and Lot
his brother's son, and all
their possessions that they
had gathered, and the people
whom they had aquired in
Haran, and they departed to
go to the land of Canaan. So
they came to the land of
Canaan.

6 Abram passed through the
land to the place of
Shechem, as far as the
terebinth tree of Moreh, And
the Canaanites were then in
the land. 7 Then the LORD
appeared to Abram and said,
"To your descendants I will
give this land." And there he
built an altar to the LORD,
who had appeared to him.

8 And he moved from there
to the mountain east of
Bethel, and he pitched his
tent with Bethel on the west
and Ai on the east; there he
built and altar to the LORD
and called on the name of
the LORD. 9 So Abram
journeyed, going on still
toward the south.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Circumstances may change, but the heart that seeks the Lord
experiences His joy. "Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall
give you the desires of your heart" (Ps. 37:4). As we yield to His
will as revealed in Scripture, we find ourselves desiring what God
desires. __ HDF