Genesis 12:1-3
The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.”I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

God could have blessed Abraham in the Ur of the Chaldeans itself. But He chose not to. God set “Get Out” from the midst of idol worshippers and I have set apart great many blessings for you and your family.

Abraham was not living in poverty in the Ur of the Chaldeans. He had enough material blessings. But God wanted to bless him more in every sphere of his life. Abraham obeyed God and the rest as they say is ‘history’. In short, as Moses writes "God blessed him in everything" (Genesis 24:1)

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Dr. Johnson Cherian MD. PhD.