Conclusion of Abraham and Sarah-You Can Imitate Their Faith

Abraham's move took his family first o Haran, a city in northern Mesopotamia, and then on into Canaan.  That was quite a distance of some 1,000 miles-quite a move for an elderly couple!  On leaving Haran, Abraham was 75 years of age and Sarah was 65. - Genesis 12:4.

How might Sarah have felt when Abraham revealed that they were going to leave Ur? Leaving the security of a pleasant home, moving to some strange and potentially hostile land, and accepting a lower standard of living might have concerned her. Nevertheless, Sarah was submissive, thinking of Abraham as her "lord." ( 1 Peter 3:5, 6)  Some scholars consider  this a manifestation of Sarah's "customary, respectful attitude and behavior toward him," evidence of "real habits of thought and feeling."  But above all, Sarah trusted in Jehovah. Her submission and faith stand as a fine example for Christian wives.  

True, we are not asked to abandon our home to obey God, although some full-time evangelizers have left their homeland in order to preach the good news in another country. Regardless of where we serve God, as long as we put spiritual interests first in life, he will care for our needs.-Matthew 6:25-33. 

Neither Sarah nor Abraham regretted the decision they made.  "If thy had indeed kept remembering  that place from which they had gone forth, they would have had opportunity  to return," says the apostle Paul.  But they did not return. Confident that Jehovah "becomes  the rewarder of those earnestly seeking him," they exercised faith in his promise. So must we if were are to continue to render whole-souled devotion to Jehovah. -Hebrews 11:6, 15, 16.

Next time: Spiritual and Material Riches

From the Watchtower magazine, 2004