Gen. 12:1-3—”The LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed”
According to Jewish history, at a young age, Abram had been taught the knowledge of the true God, and he despised the idol worship of his father and the people around him.
He therefore decided to do everything in his power to crush the belief in idol worship. He talked to all the visitors at his father’s house and convinced many that their belief in idols was false and foolish.
But Terah, his father, refused to listen to his son’s reasoning. One day, Abram took an axe and destroyed all his father’s idols. Only the largest remained intact.
When Terah saw his idols shattered and scattered all over the floor, he accused Abram. But Abram said that the largest of the idols had killed all the others in a fight over an offering brought to them.
Terah exclaimed that such a thing was impossible, since idols could not quarrel or fight. Then he realized that his son tricked him into admitting that the idols were made of stone
In the above-referenced scripture in Genesis, God told Abram to leave his father’s house. Friends, at times a man’s greatest enemy is from his household.
God told Abram to leave his kindred but he took his nephew (Lot) with him and for as long as Lot remained with him God did not do what he intended to do in Abram’s life.
Brethren, know that there are some powers from our fathers’ households that we need to separate from before certain things can happen in our lives.
I pray for the Lord’s divine intervention, in Jesus Name. AMEN.
You will have good success this 2019.
Remain blessed.
Shalom.
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