Excitement, Danger, and Blessing

Sunday, Ryan Blalock will be singing a beautiful song written by Andrew Peterson.  It is called, Canaan Bound, and is a musical expression of God's promise to Abraham.  If you remember, God sent Abraham away from the safety, security, and abundance of his land in Ur, to travel to an unknown land God said "flowed with milk and honey."  The land was Canaan, and God gave it to the nation of Israel over 4,000 years ago (bet you won't hear this on the national news).

In the song, the writer speaks about the promise of offspring to "barren Sarah."  The song, correctly, talks of blessing for following and obeying God, including 1) amber crowned hills of Hebron, 2) many sons like the grains of sand, and 3) a vast love that has chosen Abraham.  All of these things come as a result of God's plan, God's design, and God's unstoppable will.  The song, and the subject are beautiful!

So ... 2 questions.  First, are you founded on the wisdom of culture and drawn to a false God that bends the knee to human logic?  Or, are you standing on the solid rock of Christ, who promises excitement, danger, and blessing as we follow him to the land He has promised us?

I guess we have to decide where we are bound.  Are we bound in the chains and throes of culture, that offers nothing eternal?  Or are bound for Canaan, "where the grass, they say, is soft and green, and the trees are tall and honey-filled?"  Are we staying or going?