C. L. Beam~Purposed to 'INSPIRE'
  • Welcome
  • Daily Inspiration
  • Contact
  • Bio.
  • T.O.Y. - SHS - 2014
  • Mt. Zion 2014
  • Mt. Zion 2013
  • Nu Creation
  • R.B.C "Deeper…Still"
  • Turn Up for Jesus
  • DSS -- NC Links
  • One Liners...
  • Prayer Requests
  • Meet Me @ The Rock
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church -- 1st Annual Youth Conference comments

"Don't take no Turkey to the Banquet" 

7/10/2013

9 Comments

 
The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” Abram definitely had PURPOSE and here we see the SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS that God provided that would walk him into his NEW SEASON.  Now, if you read yesterday’s ‘Daily Inspiration,’ you may be thinking, “Okay, so where are the EXPERIENCES? I’m so glad you asked that question.  If we continue reading the story we come to a place that reads: So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned. Do you see the issue here? Hint, hint: opportunities often come in the form of opposition.

The man of God followed God’s instructions, for the most part.  God told Abram to leave his relatives and here we see relatives tagging along.  This was a major mistake on Abram’s behalf, a mistake that proved disastrous in the unfolding of the life of a man who became the father of our Faith.  Now, let alone the fact that God said it, why else would it be a mistake to allow Lot to tag along? Two reasons: 1) Lot was a product of his culture and 2) Lot didn’t hear the call of God.  Lot’s thinking was conditioned by his surroundings and because he did not know God’s call, you can imagine that leaving a comfortable place for a place that you don’t know would soon begin to be questioned by the mind of a man that did not have a divine instruction.  Questions and phrases like, “Are we there yet,” “How much longer,” “This is stupid,” “We should’ve stayed where we were,” along with many others of that nature come to mind.  As the result of a later ‘quarrel’, which we certainly saw coming, Abram and Lot parted ways.  But not without some trouble and setback.  If you read on in the story, you know that allowing his wife to tag along caused Abram some difficulty too. 

Because Abram did not follow the SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS to the letter, God allowed EXPERIENCE to teach Him a great lesson, and it is this: Don’t take no turkey to the banquet.  If God is calling you to get away from your kindred, peeps, homies, cuzzos, bros, ya girls, or whoever, its because He knows that you need to in order to fulfill His call on your life.  He may be calling you to get away from some of your own thoughts and habits.  Whatever the case may be, take a lesson from Abram, who became Abraham because his FAITH eventually outweighed his FAILURES.  The next time you hear God calling you to the dinner table of DIVINE PURPOSE, drop all turkeys, turkey necks, turkey drumsticks, turkey sandwiches, and run.  Trust me, you will be glad you did. For me, it would have been Bologna; I’m just saying! 

9 Comments
Terri
7/10/2013 03:55:12 am

Awesome...leaving the turkey necks, drumsticks, sandwiches...etc.. What a great word!! Thanks again for allowing God to use you and sharing with us!!

Reply
CLBeam
7/10/2013 08:03:05 am

Thank you mam...!!!
YOU ROCK!!!

Reply
Masonya
7/10/2013 07:16:38 am

Good word...but I think his wife was supposed to go...as they were one...

Reply
Chad Beam
7/10/2013 08:08:29 am

Masonya, I agree and disagree. While both of them are one, some times there are place that God will lead a man that even his wife isn't able to go. Perhaps if that is the case, He will confirm this place to both husband and wife. Judging from the events that took place due to her going on this trip, I wonder if "from your relatives and from your kindred" meant his wife too. I presume everybody will have a differing opinion on this. It would make a great bible study/discussion question. Thanks for reading the post and making a comment. Blessings...

Reply
Frankie
7/10/2013 08:36:35 am

Amazing word! So true! I can relate. Thanks for sharing!

Reply
Jo
7/10/2013 10:01:01 pm

That was AWESOME!!! I'm dropping some turkey legs as we speak lol.. Keep it up :-)!!!

Reply
CLBeam
7/11/2013 05:24:27 am

Jo, thanks for visiting the site and making some great posts.

Reply
Tasha
7/11/2013 11:17:07 pm

My thoughts are God knew Abraham was going to struggle with certain decisions he had to make to obey what He told him to do. I would like to believe though he didn't follow the Lord's instructions completely it taught him and us the lesson of what happens when you obey your flesh rather than the spirit God. It shows us the war within us is very oppositional to the will of God and there is great purpose on why God tells us to do certain things. In the end it shows us God is still a loving and merciful God and knows our hearts motive and is able to use that to teach us lessons for our good. When Lord knows we have faith in him he will help us in our weaknesses.

Reply
CLBeam
7/12/2013 02:47:52 am

Indeed he is a loving and merciful God and knows our heart's motive and is able to use that to teach us lessons for our good, even when we make decisions that are contrary to His will; decisions like bringing a turkey to the banquet. Thank God that he does...

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    ...inspire...

    "We are what we repeatedly do. Greatness therefore is not an act but a habit" ~ Aristotle

    Archives

    July 2014
    June 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    November 2013
    July 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed


Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.