Our adventures in life are often spawned by events that we prefer would neverhappen. Such was the case for the Prophet Ezekiel (Ez I tend to think this was the case for Terah, Abraham’s father when he left Ur ofthe Chaldeans and ended up in Harran, about half-way to his stated goal of Canaan (GenWhen God spoke to Abram, the journey continued encouraged by God’s promiseof land, people and blessings (Gen As Abram traveled, he listened to God and worshipped. First at Shechem (GenNegev (Gen and Lot, his nephew over rights to grazing land (Gen Quarreling led to family separation (Gen Abram from God (Gen (Gen When Abram’s faith in God’s promises wavered, he would receive furtheraffirmation (Gen he credited it to him as righteousness (Gen Paul used this verse to undergird his message that salvation comes through faith(Romans James quotes this verse to support his contention that faith must be supported byworks (Jam No matter which side of this controversy you may land, I believe all of us arecalled to take a leap of faith, to sail away with Jesus as our captain, to live the adventurethat includes listening and worshipping and action no matter how difficult the path.