So as many of you noticed, there was no post on Wednesday. That was semi-intentional and semi by complete forgetfulness on my part. What my Biblical Foundations class has been talking about is Faith and how part of faith is waiting. (See you had to wait a week for my blog.) We were going over the story of Abraham. In chapter 11 of Genesis, Abram was asked by God to leave his homeland of Ur and go into the land God had for him. God promised to Abram that he will have many descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky or the dust on the ground. Abram and his family went.
Now to have many descendants, first you need a child of your own. Abram and his wife Sara were well past that age for childbirth. As the story of Abram progresses, they get older and older, making it more and more impossible for them to have a child. 25 years had passed between Abram hearing the promise and God delivering. 25 years is a long time to wait, and you see in chapters 15-18, their belief turned to disbelief, to the point to where they were laughing at God. But God delivered on his promise, and they had a child together. Then in chapter 22, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son he waited 25 years for. Abraham obeyed knowing that God will provide, and God did by offering a lamb in the mountains.
In our discussion of faith, we defined it as trusting in God's word and obeying what he tells you while you wait for God to fulfill what he promised. Faith also doesn't happen overnight. It is a process. It took ten chapters for Abraham to gain the faith he needed to go and then sacrifice his son. As you go through life and trusting and obeying God, you also have the period of waiting. The waiting is the hardest part, but it is going to be worth it in the end, because God comes through on his promises.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for you love, and always keeping your promises. Help me in the time of waiting to have patience. Amen.
Now to have many descendants, first you need a child of your own. Abram and his wife Sara were well past that age for childbirth. As the story of Abram progresses, they get older and older, making it more and more impossible for them to have a child. 25 years had passed between Abram hearing the promise and God delivering. 25 years is a long time to wait, and you see in chapters 15-18, their belief turned to disbelief, to the point to where they were laughing at God. But God delivered on his promise, and they had a child together. Then in chapter 22, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son he waited 25 years for. Abraham obeyed knowing that God will provide, and God did by offering a lamb in the mountains.
In our discussion of faith, we defined it as trusting in God's word and obeying what he tells you while you wait for God to fulfill what he promised. Faith also doesn't happen overnight. It is a process. It took ten chapters for Abraham to gain the faith he needed to go and then sacrifice his son. As you go through life and trusting and obeying God, you also have the period of waiting. The waiting is the hardest part, but it is going to be worth it in the end, because God comes through on his promises.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for you love, and always keeping your promises. Help me in the time of waiting to have patience. Amen.
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