Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you. Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by [d]the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord. (Gen 13,17-18)

The relationship with God does not mean that a man must always bring results and become a kind of machine for good deeds, for religious activities with visible outputs. Of course, religious people of any kind, be it Christianity, Judaism or Islam etc., need to satisfy their unreconciled conscience with an evidence that they are accepted by God. If they do not have a living relationship with Him, they cannot be satisfied only with quiet moments of visitation, where one feels the inner harmony with the Spirit of God. They want something tangible so that they can present it to God, just as Cain tried and brought his sacrifice.

However, we don't just do pragmatic things in a relationship, and if so, maybe it's not alive anymore! One philosopher defined freedom as a state in which a man "can do things that make no sense"; he said that in allusion to totalitarian regimes, where all human actions, at least the public ones, are seriously compared to the goals set by the government. In former communist countries people remember very well the many slogans along streets and squares, encouraging the working class to achieve higher goals, perform more, fulfill new production plans and challenges.

But a living relationship doesn't know only a work. On the contrary, there is a lot about experiencing and emotions. God will often give a person to experience a special depth of joy ("the righteous shall rejoice in the Lord" Ps. 64:10), sometimes even so great that "for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves..."(Mal 4:2)

After Lot had left, God called Abram to look around and see what God had given him. But that's not all: he goes on and calls him to set out and go around the country once more. As if he wanted to tell him: come with me again, look, rejoice, and believe that I am not lying, even though some doubts might come up to your mind now. Today we would say: go and just enjoy what you see around. Neither a friend nor an enemy, no circumstance, simply nothing can change at all that it will one day belong to your offspring.