STANDING OUR GROUND

Today's reading: Genesis 24-27

"The servant asked, But suppose I can't find a young woman who will travel so far from home? May I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives?

No! Abraham warned. Be careful never to take my son there. For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my offspring. He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a young woman there to be my son's wife." Genesis 24:5-7 NLT

May we have a round of applause for Abraham and his stance on not wavering...

For not moving...

For not bending his rules...

For standing his ground...

For relying enough on God's promises to not move a muscle from the place God told him would be a promised inheritance...

It would have been easier to change his mind, for the servant, maybe for Isaac, and certainly for Rebekah.

It would have been understood in his social circles.

It might have seemed alright at the time.

But Abraham chose to believe God--for himself and for his family.

Do you have some rules you are firm on? A patch of ground(choice) you'll not waver from?  Do your friends and family know you've never budge on certain things?

May we all have stands we take that aren't there because we're bull-headed or stubborn, but because we know what the Word of God states!