When they came to Haran, they settled
there. (Genesis
11:31)
Some
authorities say Genesis 12:3 (And in you
all the families of the earth shall be blessed. – NASB) is the pivotal
verse of the Old Testament. That may be, but right now it's a verse in Chapter
11 that catches my attention: 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.
(Genesis 11:31).
Terah wanted to take his family to Canaan. It was a long journey (see map with Haran labeled Charan). ...when they reached the city of Haran, they settled there. When I read that, my brain takes me in two different directions.
Terah wanted to take his family to Canaan. It was a long journey (see map with Haran labeled Charan). ...when they reached the city of Haran, they settled there. When I read that, my brain takes me in two different directions.
First, I
can't get past the word settled. How often do we have a God-given goal in mind,
yet stop half-way, settling for something less than God intended? Is that what
happened to Terah? Or...
Second,
...can the journey to where God is leading us take more than just one
generation? Sometimes we are blessed to take our families all the way; and at
other times our kids or even our grandkids will finish the journey we began.
Maybe they’ll look back and say, Thanks,
Grandma and Grandpa for taking us as far as you could. We wouldn’t have made it
without you.
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