The Christian life is a life of Abraham's life. The generation of Jesus Christ is the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Our generation also starts with Abraham, not Adam. Abraham was called by God, walked in faith. So we were also called by God, and are walking in faith.
People might think that Abraham was mighty due to his faith. However, his faith did not originated from himself. Faith is just an ability to believe something in future. Or rather, faith is "I am not, but God is." We need to set ourselves aside, believe that Christ is the one living.
God's calling is His glorious appearing to us. We could believe in Him because God first called us. By His appearance, He will call us out of our comfort zone, our background, living, familiar practice. So we need to forsake everything we have and we are, and take His presence as our roadmap.
An altar is for satisfying God; and tent is for our living / testimony on this earth. An altar means burn offering. What we have today should pass though the altar, and God will return some to us for our need of living today. Everything we have today is not ours, it is His. Then, we live a life of tent- testify that we are sojourner on this earth and we "eagerly waited for the city which has the foundation, whose Architect and Builder is God." (Heb 11:10)
Finally, we need to be uprooted, unsettled by the Lord, to be able to walk with Him wherever He goes. We will be much more useful. It is absolutely normal for a called one to be unsettled.
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