God's Call to Abram

Overview

In a city called Haran, an old man heard a voice that would change the world. 'Leave your country and your home,' God said, 'and go to a land I will show you.' His name was Abram. I'm Host. Biblical Storyteller, what did God promise? A staggering promise, Host. 'I will make you a great nation, I will bless you, and mak

In this show

• In a city called Haran, an old man heard a voice that would change the world. 'Leave your country and your home,' God said, 'and go to a land I will show you.' His name was Abram. I'm Host. Biblical Storyteller, what did God promise?
• A staggering promise, Host. 'I will make you a great nation, I will bless you, and make your name great — and through you, all the families of the earth will be blessed.' Yet Abram had no children, and no land of his own.
• And here is the wonder: Abram simply went. He was seventy-five years old. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all they owned, and set out — not knowing where he was going, trusting only the voice that called him.
• They traveled south, across rivers and dry hills, until they reached the land of Canaan. It was already full of other peoples. Still, the Lord appeared to Abram and said, 'To your offspring I will give this land.'
• Abram built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. Then he journeyed on toward the hills and built another, and called on the name of the Lord. Wherever he went, he marked the ground with worship.
• But the road of faith is not always smooth. A harsh famine struck the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to survive. Even there, through fear and mistakes, God watched over him and brought him out again, safe.
• What makes this story matter is not a kingdom or an army — it is one man who said yes. From Abram, later named Abraham, would come a family, then a nation, and a thread that runs through the whole Bible.
• This is why Abram is remembered as the father of faith. Faith, the Scriptures say, is trusting God enough to take the first step — to leave the familiar behind and follow, even when you cannot yet see the road ahead.
• An old man, a quiet voice, and a single courageous yes — and from that one act of trust, blessing flowed to the whole world. Abram's story still asks us a question: when God calls, will we go? Thank you, Biblical Storyteller and Hebrew Bible Scholar.