Believe God

"Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness." -Genesis 15.6

Abram has been on a journey of faith. He left his home and followed God into the unknown, to a land that God only said, "I will show you." He went to Egypt and passed his wife off as his sister, then came back, separated from his nephew, and then rescued his nephew after he had been captured. And after all of these things God speaks to him in a vision. He promises him a great reward, but then Abram brings up one little problem, he's childless.

God has promised to give the land to his descendants, He's promised to make Abram a great nation, and yet Abram still has no children. And so Abram points out the obvious, saying one of his servants shall be his heir. But then God makes him another promise, perhaps the most specific promise to date. "Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 'This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.' And He took him outside and said, 'Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.”'And He said to him, 'So shall your descendants be.'" (verses 4-5)

God promises his own son. Abram is old, he was 75 when this journey began. His wife is old too, she was a 65 year old barren woman at the beginning of all of this. But after God makes this promise we see that Abram believed the Lord. He trusted that God would, and could, do what He was promising. He believed that God was telling him the truth. And this brings him into a right standing relationship with God.

What promises has God made? Do you believe Him? What has He spoken to you, that lines up with what you know of Him from Scripture? Do you believe Him? Abram has found God to be trustworthy. He has been on this journey that began with faith, and God has not failed Him, He never does. How have you trusted God in the past? How are you believing God in the present?

If we believe the Lord, it will be reckoned to us as righteousness. It is through faith and trust in God that we are made righteous, so do we trust Him? Do we believe Him? He is always trustworthy. Will we be righteous and believe Him?

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

To God alone be the Glory!

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