Abram: The Early Years of Abram, Sarai, and Lot (The Fall of Man #4)

by Brennan S. McPherson

But when they glimpsed Abram’s bloodied and bandaged hands in the torchlight, they marveled. “What sort of master is this?” some said. “That he would serve greater than those he hires?”

"Because when the Lord refuses to give immediate direction, it is our duty to obey what direction he has given.

“To be thankful does not demand ignorance or the approval of what is evil.

Abram knew that the Lord's promises were good. Yet so often they came in opposition to the growing evil of man.

"I can sense it. For most of my life, I have felt the shadows of his emotions. As though a window into his desires has been opened inside me like a hidden avenue, a bridge between the heavens and me."

"I think that maybe you were right, Lot. I have put more of my faith than I should have, all these years, in myself. Trusted in these hands to build. In these feet to move. Yet the Almighty has placed me here, in this position of powerlessness, and he has exposed my pride. Now, he is demanding me to lay it all down. To humble myself, and to trust him, by waiting."