By Faith Abraham Obeyed

  By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going - Hebrews 11:8.

             Abraham obeyed the voice of God by faith when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. He went out without knowing where he was going. 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 whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." So Abram went, as the Lord had told him - Genesis 12:1-4.

               As Abraham obeyed the voice of God, his son Isaac and all his descendants were blessed. Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws - Genesis 26:2-5.

              Like Abraham, let us also obey the voice of God by faith and submit to God's leading. And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?” - Deuteronomy 10:12-13. If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth - Deuteronomy 28:1.

                                           For we walk by faith, not by sight - 2 Corinthians 5:7.                                                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us obey Your voice by faith like Abraham. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.