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// Read: Hebrew 11:8-17 //
8 Abraham trusted God, and when God told him to leave home and go far away to another land that he promised to give him, Abraham obeyed. Away he went, not even knowing where he was going. 9 And even when he reached God’s promised land, he lived in tents like a mere visitor as did Isaac and Jacob, to whom God gave the same promise. 10 Abraham did this because he was confidently waiting for God to bring him to that strong heavenly city whose designer and builder is God.
11 Sarah, too, had faith, and because of this she was able to become a mother in spite of her old age, for she realized that God, who gave her his promise, would certainly do what he said. 12 And so a whole nation came from Abraham, who was too old to have even one child—a nation with so many millions of people that, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the ocean shores, there is no way to count them.
13 These men of faith I have mentioned died without ever receiving all that God had promised them; but they saw it all awaiting them on ahead and were glad, for they agreed that this earth was not their real home but that they were just strangers visiting down here. 14 And quite obviously when they talked like that, they were looking forward to their real home in heaven.
15 If they had wanted to, they could have gone back to the good things of this world. 16 But they didn’t want to. They were living for heaven. And now God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has made a heavenly city for them.
17 While God was testing him, Abraham still trusted in God and his promises, and so he offered up his son Isaac and was ready to slay him on the altar of sacrifice;
MEDITATION:
Abraham, the father of faith also obeyed God at different times on many occasions by faith.
1. He left his kindred. Gen. 12:4
2. He made his home in a strange land. Gen. 13:1
3. He became father of Isaac Gen. 21:1-3
4. He offered Isaac for sacrifice. Gen. 22:9-10
Which of the above is easy to do without faith? You must trust God totally and obey all that he has commanded you before the benefits and fulfillment can come.
PRAYER: Ask God to help you to obey all His commandments by faith for fulfillment in life.