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What interesting timing that the day we happen to be on Genesis 12, where God says to Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you,” is the same day we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Israel becoming a nation.

In these verses we meet Abram, one of the most important people in the history of man. Later he will be Abraham and will be called the “father of faith” and “the friend of God.” In fact the scripture says that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. We used to sing a song in children’s ministry that said the same. “Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had father Abraham, and I am one of them and so are you, so let’s just praise the Lord…”

Though Abram is the father of faith, we also see him growing in his faith. He doesn’t start out as a spiritual giant. In fact, it seems that God makes a point of showing us his failures. We can relate.

We are still growing in our faith. We are often like the man who brought his demon-possessed son to Jesus and said, “If you can help him, please have pity on us.” “If you can?” Jesus said, “all things are possible to him who believes.” The man then responded, “I do believe, help my unbelief.”

Abram was living in the city of Ur when God called him. Ur was a large metropolitan city near the mouth of the Euphrates river. It is one of the earliest known civilizations in the world with great wealth and architectural development. There they worshiped the moon god, Nanna. No doubt Abram’s father, Terah, was an idol worshipper of that moon god when Abram was called by God to leave that place.

The name Abram means exalted father. The problem is that Abram is not a father at all. Sarai (means princess), his wife, is barren and in that culture, being barren meant that they were thought to be cursed of God.

We would not have known about Abram, however, if it were not for his faith. His faith stands out against the culture of his time. The people of Ur followed idols, but Abram was different. Abraham believed God, the scripture says, and it was counted to him as righteousness.

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