Pivots Part I

At my discipleship group last night, I began reflecting on what I call 'pivots' in Abraham's life. Times when God pivots Abraham's life and begins to take him in a new direction. God constantly does this in both Abraham's and our lives, but Abraham experienced 2 particularly eaningful pivots. The first was in Ch 12 when God told Abraham to pack up everything that he had and leave his father's home and country for a place that God would show him only later. The second pivot occured in Ch 22, when God, using similar language to ch 12, told him to take his son Isaac and to sacrifice him at a place that God would show him only later. Both of these life-changing events resulted in permanent life change for Abraham.

God works the same way in our lives, by using people and events to pivot our lives more in the direction that God wants to lead us. I realize that I've had 3 significant pivots in my life and am just about to set off on a fourth. Over the next few days, I want to sped some time vreflecting upon these pivots and revisit some of my 'ancient' history