(Part One of a Three Part series entitled STOP AND GO, by Fuller)
Many people grow up thinking that the Bible is a bunch of Thou-Shalt-NOTs. In reality, it is a HUGE compilation of yeses, complete with a litany of “open door” GOs. (Certainly, a GOis more of a YES than anything else, right?)
Honestly, one of God’s favorite roles throughout the Bible is telling people to GO – and hoping they’ll obey!
For fun, fasten your seatbelt:
Let’s take a rip roarin’ ride through the Bible to find some Go’s – – – Ready, Set, Go!
To Noah: Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. (Genesis 7:1)
To Abraham: Go from your country. . .to the land I will show you. (Gen. 12:1)
To Jacob: Go back to the land of your fathers . . . and I will be with you. (Gen. 31:3)
To Aaron: Gointo the wilderness to meet Moses. (Exodus 4:27)
To Moses: Goto Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” (Exodus 8:1)
To David: Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands. (II Samuel 5:19)
To Elijah: Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. (II Kings 1:15)
To Jeremiah: Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem . . .If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city. (Jeremiah 5:1)
Jesus to a young man: If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. (Matthew 19:21)
Jesus to the disciples: Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: . . . I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ (Matt. 26:18)
Jesus’ final words to the disciples: Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations. (Matt. 28:19)
Jesus to lepers: When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. (Luke 17:14)
Jesus to Mary Magdalene: Do not hold on to me . . . Goinstead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father. . .’ (John 20:17)
To John: Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land. (Revelation 10:8)
From the beginning of the Bible until the end,
God seems more that willing to say, “Go!”
Are you willing to hear Him?
Are you willing to obey?
Are you willing to obey?
[Next time, just to keep things interesting, we’ll be discussing “The Stop”.]
Copyright 2013, K. Fuller Harvey/Knowing God Ministries. All rights reserved.
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