Abraham serves as an
example of how a righteous man lives. He
never wavered in believing God's promise.
God had told Abraham that his descendants would be so many that they
could not be counted and that they would inhabit the Promise Land. Abraham believed God explicitly. He knew that it would be so because God said
it. End of story. We would do well to
follow Abraham's example and simply believe what God has promised simply
because God said it.
In fact, Abraham
grew in his faith in what God had said.
We read of some very severe testings of his faith, like the time he was
commanded to take his only son, Isaac, from his wife, Sarah, and offer him up
as a sacrifice to the Lord. Abraham
passed the test with flying colors and God provided a ram in place of
Isaac. We would do well to follow
Abraham's example and grow in our faith to the point where we would be willing
to give our all to the Lord without reservation.
Abraham was absolutely
convinced that God was able to do anything He promised. We say we believe God, but so often we don't
live like we do. We believe with our
lips, but struggle to believe with our feet.
We need to be like Abraham and absolutely believe that God is able to do
all that He has promised.
Abraham believed God
without any reservations and he was considered to be righteous before God. We too are declared righteous when we believe
and live like we truly do believe in God's promises and that He is able to fulfill
them.
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