October 15

"By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out." Hebrews 11:8

It is from God, the source and beginning of all things, that his new creation springs. We might fittingly borrow the words of the Lord Jesus who said, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." This is a lesson we all have to learn: that we can originate nothing of divine value. God alone is the One who begins everything. Though this fact injures our pride, yet the day we really see it is a day of happiness for us. It seems we have recognized that where eternal values are concerned, all must be from God.

Abraham needed to make no new beginning of his own. God took the initiative with him. And Abraham never thought of Canaan as his goal. He went out ignorant of where he was bound. That was known to God, and he simply responded to a call of God. Blessed is the man who doesn't know! When we really understand that God is the beginning and the end of all that matters in life, we can be at rest.