Crossroads of Faith

[Asiimwe Elizabeth]

Dear sister

 

Be blessed as i was and may we trust Him more today than we did yesterday.  Amen

 

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths

When God makes a promise, we assume it is for keeps and plan accordingly. But what if God then gives instructions that, if carried out, would invalidate the planned-for results of the prior promise He made? What does faith require?

We could argue with God about the new instructions: "What about Your original promise?" Or we could try to reconcile how two contradictory actions could result in a promise kept in a new way.

Abraham faced that crossroads. God told Abraham he would be the father of a great nation and gave him and Sarah a son as proof--a son from whom a nation would grow. Then God asked Abraham to offer up the son, Isaac, as a sacrifice--kill the son and the vision he represented. How could a nation grow from Abraham's seed if the seed is killed?

Abraham concluded, by faith, that God intended to raise Isaac from the dead in order to fulfill His promise of a nation (Hebrews 11:17-19). Abraham passed God's trust-test and was allowed to sacrifice a ram instead of his son.  

 

That's what faith does--trusts God even when God's ways go far beyond our own in understanding. Faith then goes out with joy and peace and anticipation (Isaiah 55:8-9, 11).

 

A. W. Tozer: To fear and not be afraid--that is the paradox of faith.

 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.Gal 6:9