"Just The Two of Us" by Alfonso Carter (12/14/2025)

Just the Two of Us: Walking in Divine Partnership

There's something profoundly intimate about a covenant between two parties. When God speaks to us individually, calling us by name and inviting us into partnership with Him, the entire universe seems to narrow down to that sacred relationship. This is the beautiful reality we discover in the story of Abram in Genesis 12.

The Divine Invitation
Picture this moment: God approaches Abram with an audacious request. "Leave everything you know—your country, your family, your father's house—and go to a land I will show you." This wasn't a casual suggestion. It was a divine summons that would reshape the course of human history.

But notice what God offers in return: "I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
This is covenant language. This is partnership. This is God saying, "We're in this together."

What God Requires: Three Essential Commitments

Don't Abandon God

The contrast between Genesis 11 and Genesis 12 is striking. In chapter 11, we read about the Tower of Babel, where people declared, "Let us build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves." They attempted greatness without God.

But in chapter 12, God tells Abram, "I will make your name great." One group tried to manufacture their own legacy through human effort. The other received it as a gift through divine promise. Only one succeeded.

How often do we fall into the trap of trying to build our own towers? We accumulate education, experience, and expertise, believing we can achieve our goals independently. Yet true greatness, lasting impact, and genuine fulfillment come only when we keep God at the center of our plans.

God has been too faithful, too good, too present to abandon now. Whatever you're facing in this season, remember: you can do it better with God than without Him.
Don't Abandon What You've Learned

When God called Abram to leave his father's house, He wasn't asking him to forget everything he'd experienced. Scholars suggest that Abram learned valuable lessons from his earthly father about provision and care—lessons that prepared him to trust his Heavenly Father.

Think about it: If God came to you today and asked you to leave everything familiar to follow Him into the unknown, would you do it? What principles and experiences have prepared you to trust Him at that level?

The lessons learned in the light sustain us in the darkness. When you step into uncertainty, you don't leave behind God's promises. Remember His presence: "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). Remember His peace: "My peace I give you" (John 14:27). Remember His provision: "My God will supply all your needs" (Philippians 4:19).

Your past experiences with God aren't just memories—they're promises for tomorrow. The God who sustained you yesterday is the same God who will sustain you today and forever.

Don't Settle

Here's a fascinating detail: Abram wasn't the first in his family to receive the call to Canaan. Genesis 11:31 tells us that Abram's father, Terah, took his family and "set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there."
Terah settled. He got comfortable in the "almost" place. He died in the "on the way" place, never reaching the destination. Because Terah settled, Abram had to go.

God was teaching Abram an essential lesson: don't settle for anything less than what I have for you. Don't get comfortable in the halfway place. Don't mistake progress for arrival.
This is a word for every person who has grown weary in the waiting. You may feel like giving up. You may question whether you heard God correctly. But those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

Don't settle. The promise is worth the patience.

What God Promises: Two Powerful Assurances

God Will Bless You to Bless Others

God told Abram, "I will bless you...so that you will be a blessing." The blessing had a purpose and a direction. It wasn't meant to end with Abram—it was meant to flow through him to others.

God's grace is never a cul-de-sac; it's a conduit. He blesses us not just for our benefit but so we can be channels of blessing to others. Your breakthrough, your testimony, your resources—they're intended as landmarks of hope for someone else's journey.

Somewhere right now, a single mother is working minimum wage, trying to figure out how to feed her children. A student is stressing about tuition, wondering how to continue their education. Could it be that you possess the blessing they need? What has God given you to share with someone else?

True greatness comes through service. If you want to be great in God's kingdom, learn to meet needs. Learn to share what you have. Be the tool God uses to create miracles in someone's life.

God Will Look Out for You

"I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse," God promised Abram. This isn't a guarantee of a life without opposition. It's a promise of a God who handles our adversaries.

You can stop worrying about your enemies. Stop losing sleep over those who oppose you. God knows how to prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies. He knows how to make them your footstool—a platform that gives you access to heights you couldn't reach before.

When you walk in covenant with God, you walk under a canopy of divine protection. Keep your eyes on the Promise-Giver and let Him worry about the promise-fighters.

The Father's Pursuit

This covenant relationship isn't just about what we do for God or what God does for us. It's about love. It's about a Father who pursues His wayward children, who searches through storms, who descends into the deepest darkness to reclaim what was lost.

Even when we stray, even when we follow false promises and end up enslaved to our own desires, the Father never stops searching. He doesn't wait for us to clean ourselves up. He comes after us in our mess, embraces us in our brokenness, and transforms us by His love.
This is the heart of the covenant: Just the two of us. We can make it if we try. Not because we're strong enough, but because He is faithful enough. Not because we never stumble, but because He never stops pursuing.

Whatever you're facing today, you're not in it alone. The same God who kept you last year will keep you this year. No weapon formed against you will prosper. The road may not be easy, but He hasn't brought you this far to leave you now.

Walk in partnership with God. Trust the unseen. Remember the unfailing. And position yourself for unimaginable blessings.

Just the two of us—building castles in the sky.