The halfbaked Bard

Abraham was so focussed on what God had told him. He was sure of his life, what is his destiny. What his call is. No decision he would take would counter that.  When Eliezer asked Abraham, what if your relative's family refuse to send the girl to be Isaac's wife, shall I take Isaac back there? And Abraham replies.  Gen 24: 6-8 Make sure that you don't take my son back there. The Lord the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me an oath saying "To your offspring, I will give this land".......... Only do not take my son back there.  He was so sure of what his calling was. All his decisions were based on that. He wouldn't let anything in this world deter him from that focus and counter his call. He might have thought of Lot, who had set out along with him, how slowly he faded away, because of subtle compromises.  How do you make your decisions? Big and small. Are all of those...

The Lord's covenant promise with Abram - Gen 15 As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep and a terrifying darkness came down over him. And then the curse - descendants as slaves for 400 years.  After the sun went down, and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of carcasses. That was how the Lord made His covenant with Abram that day.  So dramatic.  If you are watching a movie, imagine all bgms in the background. But in actual scenario, no background music is required to excite you or give you goosebumps.  The Lord's presence, do you feel it on a daily basis. Or is it a passive one which you tend to overlook. Here is a God who in a pensive mood reflects on what all happened till date and starts to act upon the redemptive story. And once that hope has been given, once the redemptive story is done on the cross, His presence through the smoking firepot and flaming torch, passes in between the sac...