3/31/2024 0 Comments Genesis 121 9 audio sermon![]() ![]() ![]() We do not hear how Sarai felt about moving, nor do we see God talking to Sarai about the promise God just made to Abram about a child. Instead, it is a text of silenced voices. This text does not speak to their experiences. Spouses may leave behind their support networks and their own careers. Children may be moved during the school year or at an age when they feel it’s harder to make friends. God tells Abram to go, and he goes, taking all these other people with him.įor families who move for a career of one of its members, it can be challenging to accept that this move will be for everyone’s benefit. There is no question of a sit-down family discussion prior to this move taking place. He is relocating with his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, as well as enslaved persons who had to move with him. This is a common experience for military families as well.Ībram, after all, is not moving by himself. While remote working can enable some employees to work from home, many companies still expect their employees to be local, which may mean a move if the company relocates or the employee is assigned to another location. This passage may also help you name for your congregants the experience of moving for a spouse’s career. While they may not name explicitly that this is God’s doing, perhaps as their preacher you can help them feel empowered by a God who travels with us to new and unknown places. Think about the high school students you may have in your congregation: how often are they asked where they are going to college, assuming that they will leave their families behind to pursue their education? Once students graduate from college, they may not find a job in their hometown or where they attended school, but most likely will have to move again to relocate to where they can find employment. People in your congregation may be less likely to identify as having moved because of a call from God, but they probably have experienced having to move in order to pursue an education and/or a career. You, like Abram, have had to leave behind the neighborhood, the friends, perhaps even the family that you lived close to, in order to go where God sent you. ![]() You may know well the experience of moving for a call from God. Have you or your family ever moved because of a call from God? If you are reading this as a preacher, the chances are pretty high that the answer is “yes.” Most likely, you have moved to attend seminary, and then you likely moved again when you began full-time ministry. ![]()
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