Good Morning.
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. (Genesis 11:27-28)
Among the descendants of Shem was a man called Terah who fathered a man destined to be the “father of many nations” — Abraham. Before he was Abraham, he was called Abram, a name that means “high (exalted) father. His life began in “Ur of the Chaldeans” meaning that he was born and reared in ancient Babylonia. Tradition teaches that his father, Terah, was an idol maker. The point is, Abram came into this world surrounded by rebellion, idolatry and all the wickedness that mankind is capable of producing. Yet, God called him and used him to do great things.
It is God’s way to take what seems to be small, insignificant and unusable and transform it into something of great purpose. Messiah likens the Kingdom to a mustard, seemingly the smallest and least significant of all seeds.
Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” (Matthew 13:31-32)
If He can do that through a mustard seed, then what more can He do with that person who is willing to serve Him and be used for His purposes? Regardless of parentage, background or environment, God can take the least promising individual and use them for His glory. Paul penned these words:
“God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are.” (1 Corinthians 1:27-28)
Not many of God’s people can boast of austere beginnings To the contrary, most of us probably have very simple and inconspicuous backgrounds. But with God, none of that matters; Messiah came into this world being laid in a feeding trough for livestock. What matters is that we have an ear to hear and a heart to receive His Word and His call upon our life. That is the example that Abraham provides. God never calls perfect people — He perfects the people He calls.
Blessings and Shalom,
Bill
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