Genesis c 12

v. 1 The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.”


Why is it that God’s first test of faith is to leave everything behind? From Noah, who left everything to build an ark, to Abraham to Moses to the apostles and even to Christ, who left his divinity so that Christ can become man. Why?

Even Christ commanded those who will follow him to give up everything, "None of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have.” (Luke 14:33)

The first act of faith is to give up everything to God, to empty ourselves.

Maybe it’s like one the principles of science, “no matter can occupy the same space at the same time.” The heart follows the same principle, “God, ourselves, sin and Satan cannot occupy the same heart, thus we need to empty our hearts, leave everything and follow God the way Moses and Abram and the prophets and the apostles have done.

Give up everything and then let God in, and God will do the rest.