Sent packin'...

Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1,20 ESV) It doesn't take long in Genesis to realize there is quite a journey going on. After the fall, Adam and Eve are sent packing. After killing Abel, Cain is sent packing. As things devolve, Noah is sent on a voyage. As mankind continues to worsen, the peoples are sent out over the earth. And then we come to Abram. He is sent packing toward a promised land, and when he gets sidetracked in Egypt and cowers in fear, he is sent packing again, this time by Pharaoh. It seems that all men do is get sent packing by God or by others, searching on a journey. What is boils down to is which path are we going to choose? Our own? That of others? Or God's