8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. 9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the opportune age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised. 12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
In 2015 after a visit with my older sister and younger brother in Michigan I longed to move back to my home state. We prayed about it and the Lord seemed to open doors. In July we closed on our new home in MI and in August we had listed for sale our Arizona home thinking we would sell it the following spring. But the Lord had better plans. He said move now! 58 hours after the listing went "live" we received a contract for purchase from friends we knew from our church. We didn't know they were looking and they didn't know we were selling. That particular Saturday night at church Cecilia mentioned to our friends were were selling our home and moving back to MI. She asked where our home was? Cecilia mentioned the two main cross streets. She asked where by the cross streets? She then asked, are we looking at your house tomorrow? Cecilia brought up the listing to show her. Yes they looked at it and purchased it.
God is like that, He is faithful and loving. They had been looking for a year. They wanted an older home with a large garage. Their realtor told them their house didn't exist.
We now live in the woods, in a small community, we attend a great church. Shortly after moving Cecilia's sister was diagnosed with cancer. She was there for her sister and went to the doctor and chemotherapy appointments. Her sister is now cancer free.
But how many of us would move like Abraham and Sarah, without knowing where he was going?
Would we have obeyed and went?
Blessings, David
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