When God calls a married person into ministry, the whole family is involved. He doesn’t call the man or the woman alone. Both couples are ultimately involved and if they have children, the kids are not left out either. That is why the marriage partner and the children of a minister are under society’s watchful eyes. If any of them should misbehave, it is automatically counted by society against the minister of God. For every minister, your home is your first congregation and shepherding your family well is a sign of good leadership. As we continue the series on Sarai (Sarah), let’s consider the call of Abram (Abraham). First, Sarah was dealing with life’s issues, then she had to travel to another place and the journey got aborted midway. All this time, we are yet to see the involvement of God in their lives. Suddenly, there was a turning point in their lives. Abram received an important call that changed their lives forever. What was Sarai’s response to that call? The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there. (Genesis 12:1, 5) As the couple continued to live in Haran, Abram had a supernatural encounter. God called Abram to begin a permanent friendship with him. Genesis 12:1-3 records that, “The Lord had 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; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” God indeed had big plans for Abram and Sarai. First, the couple were called to leave the country, people and family to a new land that God Himself will show them. Their obedience to that command will see them becoming a great nation and a blessing to the world. It sounds good right? Yes, it does! Looks like finally God has come to change the story. Abram and Sarai obeyed the voice of God and set out on their new journey to God’s own land. “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.” (Genesis 12:4-5). Finally, they arrived in Canaan, the place Terah (Abram’s father) had planned to take the family. In Canaan, “Abram travelled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.” (Genesis 12:6-7). What a joy? Did God just say offspring? Is He going to bless Abram and Sarai with children? Abram was Seventy-five years at this time and Sarai was probably sixty-five years old. Even in our day, it takes scientific help to make a 65 year old woman conceive. However, the couple believed God, obeyed his words and even raised an altar of sacrifice for God. Sarai has begun a new chapter with God and it already looks promising. She left everything behind and followed Abram to the land God promised. As she stepped into this new relationship with God, she still had her issues. However, holding on to God’s promise, “I will make you into a great nation”, Sarai’s shattered hope of being a mother was restored. She was confident that in any way, God will come through for them. Thus, she went about her life, taking good care of herself and radiating beauty that catches the eyes of kings. Remember, she was 65 years old!
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