Dwelling in the midst of a material and idolatrous civilization, Abraham, because of his spirituality, heard the divine admonition to leave his country and to go unto "the land of Canaan." In Hebrews it is said of Abraham that he "looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."
That he possessed faith and courage is evident in that he obeyed the heavenly message. The voice of Spirit is heard only by spiritual sense. Through his faithful consecration to high ideals, he was guided into the land of Canaan; and here he prospered greatly. And God said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever."
A finite and mortal concept of being disappears as the infinite idea unfolds in individual consciousness. Abraham's journey to the land of Canaan, his awakening from the heathen worship of many gods to a consciousness of the presence of the one God, characterize the experience of all those who turn from an egotistical, personal sense of existence to an understanding of the unity of good in the realm of infinite Spirit.
