The Lord showed me we are in a fierce war that is a continuous Individualogist Review struggle for our faith. Satan is determined to destroy the faith of Gods beloved. The stronger your faith is the greater Satan's attack will be against it. When our faith is shaken, shattered or lost, we become weak and turn to the world for something we can make happen. Just as Abram and Sarai did, I absolutely love this story. At the age of 75 the Lord told Abram to leave his country and He would make Abram a great nation and He would bless him.
I don't know about you but at that age I'm not sure I could do what the Lord was telling Abram to do. So Abram leaves his country he takes his nephew Lot, his wife Sarai and all their possessions and people Abram had traveled a long distance and came upon the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Lord appeared to Abram here and told him "To your offspring I will give this land". So Abram built an alter to the Lord.
Abram believed this promise of the Lord, even at his ripe age of 75! He didn't question the fact that he and Sarai hadn't been able to conceive children. It was not an issue. The Lord had promised him treasure and he had faith! Fast forward a bit and they had all traveled to Egypt. Abram knew how the Egyptians were, he told his wife Sarai that they would think she is beautiful and kill him if they knew he was her husband. So Abram told Sarai to tell the Egyptians that she was his sister. That way they would all be treated well. The Egyptians took Sarai for their king. After Sarai was released from the Egyptians she took her servant Hagar back to Abram and her people. Lot and Abram split up and later Abram had to rescue Lot.