DAILY READING
REFLECTION
Abraham Believed God, So Should We
by Elaine Pierce
"Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness." (Gen. 15:6)
Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." (Galatians 3:9)
What does scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." (Romans 4:3)
Are you sensing a pattern? Something important that God needs to tell us, over and over? I have to admit I understand Abram's questioning God. He and Sarai had no children, and his wife was way past what would be considered childbearing years. He knew in his head that God had made this promise to make him the father of a great nation, but in his heart it did not seem like it would ever happen.
As Paul says in I Corinthians, we don't see the full picture, do we?
"Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." (I Corinthians 13:12)
Yes, my friends, God's got the whole world in his hands.....the whole wide world. We only see a small part of it, and we often question God's goodness and mercy. He points us to the stars in the sky, and He reminds us that He is the creator, not us. Take heart that his timing is perfect, and one day we will stand in his glory and we will be welcomed home. And then, only then, we will fully grasp how wide and long and deep and high his love is.
PRAYER
Lord, I question you just like Abram did. I try to take control, and that is a recipe for disaster. Help me to sit at your feet and to learn every day to trust you and only you. Thank you for the gift of life, and help me to live it a day at a time, walking in the light of the holy spirit. Amen.
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