Scripture: Genesis 15:5-6
The Lord brought Abram outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.
Thought for the Day: Faith is this marvelous thing until you actually find yourself needing to lean on it. Because there is no physical manifestation to this thing we call faith, we have a tendency to seek and trust those things that appear to be more substantive. We look to that which is guaranteed – to that which is a sure deal. We’ve all done it because trusting in God is to go against our common sense. It is to trust in what cannot be seen. God promises Abram (he will later be known as Abraham) descendants that will be too numerous to count, yet Abram will never see that come to fruition in his life time. Faith is to let go of what appears to be the sure thing in the near future so that we might participate in what God is doing across the generations.
Prayer: Lord, give me the strength needed to truly trust in your ways. Amen.
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