Genesis 13:17

Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.

God had just told Abram to look all around. north, south east and west. God promised all the land he could see would be his and that of his offspring. Then God tells Abram to check it out, walk through it from end to end and side to side. Take it all in and see the magnitude of what God had in store for him.

I can't say that God has audibly spoken a huge promise like this one to me about what may be ahead for my life. But what this verse says to me right now is that I need to look around at all the promises He has already kept, at all the blessings He has poured into my life. It is always a good thing to walk through the length and breadth of all God has done in my life. Hasn't He always been faithful even in my darkest hours? Isn't the thread of His workings woven throughout the fabric of my life? The answer is obviously a resounding yes. By walking through the "land" He has already given to me I see the magnitude of His greatness and the extent to which He will go to show His love for me. My response should be just like Abram's. Go, pitch a tent, build an alter.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.