MY FRIENDS, DON’T BECOME COMPLACENT, HARAN IS NOT OUR DESTINATION!!

Jan 7, 2015

MY FRIENDS, DON’T BECOME COMPLACENT, HARAN IS NOT OUR DESTINATION!!

My friends what can we learn from the life and travels of Abraham: Gen.11:3, 12:1-4 (NIV) tells us “Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan.

But when they came to Haran, they settled there…..” My friends on our journey to the promise land, Haran can never be an option, eternal life can only come from finishing our journey to the promise land.

The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you…. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you….So Abram went, as the Lord had told him;” My friends,sometimes our salvation depends on leaving everything and everyone.

Acts 7:2,4 tells us “The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.” So that text tells us, God had set the sights of the entire family on a destination to the promise land before they reached Haran. “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matt. 22:14 (KJV)

So they lost their focus and became complacent and comfortable with their surroundings, But it was only Abraham who was willing to continue the journey God had placed him on, it was only Abraham who was willing to come out of Haran and follow God’s lead.

In addition, it was only “the faith of Abraham, who obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.” Heb. 11:8 (NIV)

As a child of God, we have been given the responsibility to let the light shine of His love, grace and mercy through us to our friends, family, love-ones and the world so that they may know Christ as we.

Through the power of God’s Spirit we must let them know Haran or “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins.” Rev. 18:2-4 (KJV)

If we seek God’s kingdom the world will never have an influence over God’s chosen. At one time in history, Most Christians consented to lower their standards and stay in Haran, and a union was then formed between Christianity and paganism.

But thank God many Christians chose to die before they would deny their Lord. So the millions who did so came to be called martyrs, which means “witnesses.” and millions did die because of their commitment to God.

So we must Keep watch and stay focused. Each faithful follower of Christ is born with a pure connection to God, as we move around in this sinful world, we become more attached to the pleasures of Haran and our connection to Christ weakens.

That is why our focus must be forever on Christ, a crucified and risen Savior who will return one day to take his children away from this sinful world to the promise land which is His pure and holy kingdom and life eternal.

Remember all the avenues of time, history and prophecy converge at Calvary and Christ second coming. Satan is a clever strategist who knows if He can just keep our heart in Haran, then our attitude about end-time events will be secondary to Salvation.

So walk away today from Haran and set your sights on a destination that “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man”

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY