Father Abraham

Everyone sing along!

Father Abraham had many sons.
Many sons had Father Abraham.
I am one of them and so are you.
So lets just praise the Lord.
(right arm, left arm, right foot, left foot, nod your head, turn around, sit down.) 

The story of Abraham is probably one of the ones I read the most and keep going back to. He is an example of faith in the face of adversity.

God promised Abraham the impossible and Abraham believed that God could do just what he promised. I am sure he had days where he wondered what God thought he was doing or if God was ever going to keep his word.  But he kept holding on to God's promise, despite seeing no evidence of God's hand at work.

If we are honest with ourselves, not many of us would hold on to God's promise of children so faithfully and so fervently for as long as Abraham did. 

The key to his faith is found in Romans 4:20-21

²⁰ yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.

He didn't let emotions or circumstances control his belief in a God who can do the impossible. If God said it, that was enough for Abraham to believe that God would do it. And he continued to give glory to God thanking him for his fulfilled word before he saw one piece of evidence to give him reason for the ridiculous (to the human mind) stance he had chosen to take.

As God's kids we are sons and daughters of the faith of Abraham. As we grow closer to God and learn to trust him (fully relying on God) without proof or logical reasoning to support our decision, we step into the life of faith that God desires for us. We may not feel like faith giants right now, but when God looks at us, he sees who we are becoming in him. He sees the victorious and the warrior and not the week and defeated. And we will be those things, by the grace of God.

When we get it into our spirit man that God is working and will bring about his promises in us, we might just have reason to praise the Lord and dance a little jig! (That's what all the right arm left arm stuff is about. Ha!)