The Faith of Abraham

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Hebrews 11:8-10

Ever have God lead you and you’re not sure where you are going? God’s leading you through emotional, financial, and relationship lands that are foreign… that are new… just for you!
God desires character growth in our lives. We desire to couch-potato and watch the trials of others… we like the easy way… its just our nature. And that is what gets us in trouble… our nature. You see our nature is contrary to that of God’s… so we need to change.

God knows we need to change… (boy, does he know!) and He knows that we won’t make changes on our own… it’s just part of our stubborn human-nature to keep doing what we’ve been doing. By nature we usually don’t care much for change.

So, God makes changes in our lives to hopefully get our eyes on Him. Sometimes He takes away our candy and gives us tough situations to deal with… just to see how we will do… to know if we will obey Him or will we tackle the situation on our own?

Over time we learn some pretty interesting things. We learn that we don’t have all the answers but over-time God teaches us a few of the answers of life. We learn that we need a lot more help in this life… and we learn how to help others. We learn to ask forgiveness a lot… and we learn to forgive others.

But mostly we learn to hunger and thirst for a righteousness not of this world. We learn that we really don’t belong in this world… and that we… like Abraham seek another… a better… a heavenly!

‘Father, help our faith! Teach us your ways and change our hearts. Forgive our sins and lead us into your righteousness. We love you Lord and it is our desire to trust and obey’