Nunca te conocí (7: 21-23; ver también Lucas 6:46; 13: 26-26). Fundamentos de roca y arena (7: 24-29; véase también Lucas 6: 47-49). "Todo el que escuche mis palabras y las haga, será como un hombre sabio, que construyó su casa sobre una roca. Cayó la lluvia, vinieron las inundaciones y soplaron los vientos y golpearon esa casa; y no fue así caer, porque se fundó en la roca.
Preocupación (ver también Lucas 12: 22-31). "No se preocupe, diciendo: '¿Qué comeremos?', '¿Qué beberemos?' o, '¿Con qué nos vestiremos?' Porque los gentiles buscan todas estas cosas; porque tu Padre celestial sabe que necesitas todas estas cosas. Pero busca primero el Reino de Dios y su justicia; y todas estas cosas también te serán dadas a ti ".
Terah named his son Abram. Evidently, Terah had high hopes for his son because the name Abram means “exalted father.”
Abram was an old man. When he looked at the back of his hands, he saw dry skin with the lined look of old skin. When he drank water from a pool, the face that stared back at him was an old face.
Dar limosna (6: 1-4). Oración (6: 5-6; ver también Lucas 11: 2-4). Ayuno (6: 16-18). Donde esté su tesoro, también estará su corazón (6: 19-21; véase también Lucas 12: 33-34). "No hagas tu donación caritativa ante los hombres, para que te vean, de lo contrario no tendrás recompensa de tu Padre que está en el cielo. Cuando hagas misericordias, no hagas sonar una trompeta delante de ti mismo, como hacen los hipócritas –– para que puedan obtener la gloria de los hombres. Sin duda te digo que han recibido su recompensa. Pero cuando hagas obras misericordiosas, no dejes que tu mano izquierda sepa lo que hace tu mano derecha, para que tus acciones misericordiosas sean en secreto, entonces tu Padre que ve en secreto te recompensará abiertamente ".
Abraham had his doubts about God. His was discouraged in his faith. God might have said that he would have great reward but he was childless so where would all these descendants come from? He and his wife Sarah were advanced in age.
Faith sets us free from fear, the fear that rules in many places, but need not reign in our hearts. We can find, as Abraham did, that the Lord is our shield. Our reward, like his, will be great.
By “going forth” as instructed by God, Abraham broke away from his roots and put his trust totally in God. He left himself no choice but to trust in God and to proceed with faith.
Imagine how difficult it must have been for Abram to leave his home and family. He didn’t even know his destination. He didn’t have a forwarding address. God would show him where to go, but did not reveal the destination ahead of time.
Uprooting at age fifty isn't easy. But at least fifty isn’t seventy-five! That was Abraham's age when God called him to go with his wife and nephew from Haran to a new land.