Genesis 11:31,32

Genesis 11:31,32 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. God called Abraham out of the city of Ur in the land of the Chaldees to sojourn. Sojourn means to camp out and to have ne particular place to go. Actually, God knew where He was taking Abraham, but Abraham didn’t know where God was taking him. And in those early days Abraham was known as Abram. Later God changed his name. Can you think of three other men who God changed their names? God changed Jacob’s name to Israel. God changed Peter’s name to Cephas. And God changed Saul’s name to Paul. But back to our story – God had called Abraham and not Terah, his father. So God took them all to Haran near where he was going to take Abraham and there Terah died. Abraham and Sarah didn’t have any children, so they took their nephew, Lot, with them. God called Abraham, but God did not necessarily call Lot. Lot was just going along with his Uncle Abraham. As a matter of fact, God blessed Lot because he was associated with Abraham, and God was blessing Abraham. Lot was a just man, but not always faithful to God. But Lot was smart enough to know that it was good for him to stay around Abraham. That is a good lesson for us: hang around the right people and it will be good for us.