Bryant Wright, Founder

“Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him… to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place of the altar that he had made there at first; and there Abram called upon the name of the Lord.”
Genesis 13:1–4

Ever messed up so badly you didn’t know where to begin again?

At work, you might go back to the drawing board and start from scratch. In a broken relationship, you might reach out for forgiveness and hope for a fresh start. But what about spiritually? What do you do when you’ve failed God– again?

The truth is, all of us stumble in our walk with Him.

We speak words we regret.

We act out of fear instead of faith.

We take matters into our own hands rather than trust God’s timing. When that happens, the best thing we can do is what Abraham did: go back to the beginning.

In Genesis 12, God had called Abraham to leave his homeland and follow Him to an unknown place. But when famine struck, Abraham panicked. Instead of trusting God’s promise, he fled to Egypt and, out of fear, asked Sarah to pose as his sister so Pharaoh wouldn’t kill him. It was a failure of faith– and the fallout was painful. Pharaoh took Sarah into his household, and Abraham’s witness was publicly humiliated.

Yet even then, God stepped in. He protected Sarah, preserved His promise, and guided Abraham safely out of Egypt. That’s where Genesis 13 picks up: Abraham went “back to Bethel,” the place where he had first built an altar and called on the Lord. After failure, he returned to the starting place of faith and worship.

That’s where restoration begins for us, too– at the altar of humility and repentance.

So when you fall short, don’t run farther from God. Go back to where your faith began. Confess your sin. Ask Him to forgive and restore you.

The God who called you hasn’t changed. He still redeems failure. And when you go back to the beginning with Him, you’ll find that grace was waiting there all along.

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