December 2
God’s expectation of Abram, that he would make the things of the Lord his top priority, is also His expectation of us. Scripture is replete with examples of the men and women who were used of God who had to first be willing to lay their own reason, their own goals, aside to simply trust the Almighty.
When Gideon was told that his army was too big, that he would have to whittle it down (Judges 7:2-7), it required profound faith for Gideon to trust that the great army of the Midianites could be defeated by the 300 men that God allowed Gideon to keep.
When we are asked to dispense with human reason, with our own prior experience and our finite understanding of how things work and how problems can best be resolved, God has a plan that exceeds our very limited scope. He has a plan that will not disappoint us, if we will but trust in His power—if we will but trust in His love.
The Word says in Hebrews 6:11, “We want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope.” Abraham trusted God in every matter of importance—from leaving his homeland to believing for his promised heir when he and his wife were beyond child-bearing years (Genesis 21:2). God wants us to evidence Abraham’s level of faith, trust and obedience in our lives.
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