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Genesis 12:4
"So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran."

People TRUSTING GOD is our focus in Genesis. GOD told Abram to "GET OUT." Abram has to TRUST that leaving everything he knows is the right thing to do. If we read Abram's story, we see an example of a person GROWING in TRUST and obedience. GOD promises that Abram will bless the WORLD! For thousands of years, these words were just a promise. They were not fulfilled until Jesus's birth. AND, when these words were spoken, Abram, Sarai, and family were just a rag tag group of people setting out on their own. It would have looked like they were unlikely to survive, much less become a great nation that would give rise to the Savior of the world!!!

AND on top of that, Abram was no spring chicken! Today's verse; "So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was SEVENTY and FIVE YEARS OLD when he departed out of Haran." 75 years old when he left his mother's basement! Setting out to make his way in the world. Abram's future success is all GOD'S doing! Abram makes mistakes all along the way. The one thing he does get right is TRUSTING GOD. 
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