Bakht Singh preaches on the spiritual significance of the name 'Hebron' as seen in the life of Abraham. Despite God's clear command to leave his homeland for a promised blessing, Abraham's partial obedience hindered the fulfillment of God's promises. Abraham's decision to take Lot with him, out of sentimental reasons, led to strife and difficulties. Only after separating from Lot did Abraham's spiritual eyes open to see the vast blessings God had planned for him.

We want to share with you from God's Word the spiritual significance of the name "Hebron". Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD" (Gen. 13:18). God had spoken to Abraham very clearly, to leave the Ur of Chaldees and to go into a strange land, because he had desired and purposed to give him much blessing. "In blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thee" was His promise. God planned to give him much more than he had ever imagined. So he obeyed God, but not fully. That is why the fulfillment of the blessing and the promises was hindered. The Lord has promised, "from this day will I bless you" (Haggai 2:19). Whatever His command, charge and responsibility He might have given you, or howsoever heavy the burden He might have put upon you, if you do not question Him but accept and beer it joyfully, or whatever God has commanded you to give, if you do so cheerfully and joyfully, even from the day you obey the Lord, He will bless you. If you go on postponing your day of obedience, then your blessing also will be delayed. If you obey after one or two months, then the Lord Will bless you from that day. You begin to receive the blessings the day you obey Him and not earlier or later. Abraham took with him Lot his nephew for whom God had not given any command He allowed him to go with him solely for sentimental reasons God had a greater vocation for Abraham, and Lot was very eager to accompany his uncle But God had told him clearly not to take anyone else except his own family. Feeling sorry for Lot, Abraham had allowed him to go with him. The result was, there were difficulties. There came a strife between the herdsmen of Abraham and the herdsmen of Lot. So Abraham said: "...Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen for we be brethren Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee from me if thou wilt take the left hand then I will go to the right; or it thou depart to the right hand then I will go to the left (Gen 13 8 9) The time had come for them to be separated. Lot saw the well-watered plains of Jordan, was attracted by them, and chose the plain and moved on. Aft that God met Abraham (Gen. 13:14). If a man does not obey God fully, he becomes blind spiritually. Partial obedience brings spiritual blindness. Unknown to Abraham he became blind. Even though he was walking on the land, which had been given to him, he did not know it belonged to him because of his failure to obey God fully. Now that Lot was separated from him, God told Abraham to "look ...northward and southward, and eastward, and westward," and promised to give him "all the land". He had been blind and was unable to see the boundaries, but the separation opened his eyes and God said, "Now you will see how much I have planned and purposed to give you': There may be similar instances in our lives when we also like Abraham, become blind spiritually. Sometimes we do not know it, because we are so much governed by our feelings. Like Abraham we feel sorry for some of our friends, relations, brothers, sisters, uncles or aunts and because of human sympathy, we do not obey God. Because of some affection for someone o because of some relationship we disobey God's commands Now humanly speaking, Abraham was only doing his duty towards his nephew.