Good morning, dear friends!I am so glad that you and I once again have the opportunity to look into the Word of God and draw from it power and wisdom to live this day successfully.
We began talking about the life of Abram. Today let’s look at the principle of faith that appeard in his life.
God showed Himself to Abram, because He had a vision for his life. We can read about it in Genesis (12:1-4):
“Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.”
We already discussed that God wanted to bless Abram, give him a land, make his name great, to raise through him a great nation so that through this nation the whole world could be blessed. Nevertheless, in order for God to do all of this, Abram had to start cooperating with God. God needed Abram’s faith to fulfil everything He had promised Abram.
Faith is our cooperation with God. It does not matter what God has promised you in this life; He won’t be able to do it unless you demonstrate your faith. For this reason the Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews, 11: 6). The Word of God says that Abram believed God and God counted it to him for righteousness.
“Afther these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.”And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.”(Genesis, 15:1-6).
As you see, after God appeared to Abram and promised him an heir, Abram remained childless for quite some time. Abram began doubting whether God would be able to raise a great nation from him. God tried hard to settle his doubts. God tried to get Abram to cooperate with Him and not doubt His promises. And God succeeded, because „he (Abram) believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness” (Genesis, 15:6).
Today God is pursuing us in the same way; He is trying to get us to cooperate with Him trough faith. Faith is accounted to us for righteousness.
Today we can say that living without faith is wrong living, because righteousness means to be right before God. A godly life is a life of faith. That is why God wants you to understand that only through faith and by faith will your life be righteous.
Please, answer this very important question: «Do you believe that all those impossible situations and challenges facing you today can be changed? »
God desires you to understand that without faith you are not cooperating with God. Without faith it is impossible to see changes in your life. Be strong in faith and you will see that everything in your life will begin to change.
We will continue tomorrow.Be blessed!
Pastor Rufus Ajiboye
