The One Habit that Transforms Our Lives

UV 4281/10000 The One Habit that Transforms Our Lives When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “ I am God Almighty, walk (habitually) before Me ( with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence), and be blameless and complete ( in obedience to Me). Genesis 17 v 1 Abram’s life seemed over to him and others when he had turned ninety-nine. Many might have even thought he had overstayed on earth. But God was about to begin a new covenant relationship with him. He was to give God undivided attention and God in return promised to multiply him. This was a template for success not just for Abram but for all humanity, thereafter. If we follow Abraham’s model and example, the Lord will honour His promise to us in our generation. We are to walk in terms of all our habits, all our actions, all our decisions, all our relationships, all our activities in accordance with the revealed word of God. Walking in conformity to the patterns or templates of the word is transformation. God did not keep His word or His ways secret but made known to us through Abraham and those who followed him till Jesus and indeed, to our very day in a large cloud of contemporary witnesses of the grace and glory of the Lord. The word “ walk” implies that in every step we take, we follow the word of God. We do not deviate to the right or to the left. We do not follow the opinions and ideologies of man but only that which the Author of Life, Jesus makes known to us. Jesus said, “ I am the way..”. We walk in the way of Jesus. We walk with our eyes focused on Jesus even as Jesus walked in obedience to the highest calling to save all mankind with His eyes focused on the crown of King of Kings that followed His obedience to the will and purpose of the Father. We are to walk always conscious that we are in the presence of the Lord God. We are to walk in the midst of threats and insults and accusations knowing that we are clothed or covered by the mighty power and authority of the Author. Though Abraham was faithful to the call of God and obedient in many tests including the painful one of going to the point of sacrificing his begotten son Isaac, he was not blameless. There was some flaws in his character and his walk. Hence, we are called to be blameless like Jesus, the Son of God in our walk before God. We should not seek to vie with each other or to compete but only seek to be complete in our obedience to the Word of God. When we live in this manner, the Lord promises to multiply us. To multiply could be as in the case of Abraham, to transform his life, his old age from barren to fruitful, from being childless to a father to many sons and a father to many tribes, a father to many faiths. To multiply could mean partly to multiply our blessings, our resources, physical possessions, to increase our influence, power, authority, dominion, to extend our legacy. To multiply could mean to increase grace upon grace in our lives.