“The the Lord told Abram, ‘Leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.”

As the economy recovers and companies start hiring there will return the need for people to begin relocating for new jobs. I am beginning to see it happening and it is always one of the most stressful actions on a person, a relationship or a family. But, it is a reality for anyone who works for a global company and wants to move up. Somewhere along the way the request is going to come and the decision must be made to go or stay. I am helping a number of organizations who are looking for people who will have to relocate for the new job. It is not an easy sell to get someone to uproot. This is why if we lead organizations where we will ask people to relocate for a position then we need to be ready to listen with great empathy and then solve for the difficulties. Solutions are one size fitting one and any organization that tries to cookie cutter their approach in this day and age will find that they will struggle more to get the best talent than they should have to do so. Finding the balance for what is good for the company and the employee is the answer. Win-wins when relocating people can go a long way in building good-will and loyalty with the employee and the family unit.

Imagine being Abraham (Abram at the time) and God telling him to uproot and leave all behind and just go. What courage and faith that must have taken. I think we tend to think that it was easier to follow and obey God back then because God would speak directly and burn bushes and things. But, let’s be real. If we were any more obeying then there wouldn’t have been cities and people wiped out by fire and floods. Just as it is now, it was then; some followed and listened to God and many others didn’t. Abraham made the move when he was requested to do so. We may not be being asked to physically move and leave all behind, but God is asking us to move today. He is asking us to move closer to Him and to leave behind the stuff that is in the way. Are we up to making the move He is asking for us to make?

Reference: Genesis 12:1 (New Living Testament)