Abraham - Against All Odds (Daily Devotional)

Hi everyone, welcome. We're studying the life of Abraham and we are gleaning insights for us to walk in from the life of Abraham. We have seen that God had a call for him and Abraham responded in obedience and faith. Today, we will continue to consider how Abraham stood strong amidst all odds. Let us begin by reading Genesis chapter 15, verse 6, ‘And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.’ This is the work that God wants us to do which is believe - have faith. The faith of Abrham, the belief of Abraham, the believing in the word of God was counted to Abraham as righteousness. Today, this is what we are called to do- to believe the word of God and the instruction that God has for us. Let’s go ahead. Abraham was called as the father of faith; we see this in Romans chapter 4. He was called so because he believed and he believed in such a way that it left behind an example for each one of us. The bible tells us that he was well ahead in years, he was 75 when he heard the call of God and the promise of God for him but at that time, the scriptures also tell us in Hebrews chapter 11, verse 12 that his body was physically as good as dead. That is a figure of speech that talks about the difficulty or inability for Abraham and Sarah to bear descendants. The scripture doesn’t stop there but goes on to say that ‘from Abraham whose body was as good as dead were born as many descendants as the stars of the heaven in number and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.’ God did the impossible. God did the incredible in Abraham’s situation. Had he looked only at his circumstances, had he given full attention to his circumstances, looked at the facts and believed the facts, his faith wouldn’t be what we would be talking about today but we see that Abraham didn’t deny the facts but had faith which is greater than the facts. Though his body was as good as dead, the bible says that he became the father of many descendants. The same thing is true even for Sarah. In fact, Hebrews chapter 11 tells us that by faith, Sarah conceived at a time in her life’s journey when she shouldn’t have conceived but God did a miracle. Against all odds, our God can work, against all odds according to His word and His purposes. So, today, friends, I just want to encourage us, no matter what our circumstances are telling us, no matter what the facts around us are telling us, no matter what the reports are telling us, let us align our faith to the word of God. We have seen in the lives of Abraham and Sarah that our God is a miracle working God. Their limitations were not God’s limitations. So, today if God has promised something to us, we can be assured that He is fully able to do it for us. Let us be strong and let us continue strong in faith just like the father of our faith Abraham. Let us pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are with us in every situation. Even when circumstances are so adverse, we choose to hold fast to your word. We thank you that even if heaven and earth pass away; your word will never pass away. We thank you that you have given us your word and we are people who can stand strong upon your word. We praise, worship and honor you, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

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