Text: Romans 4:16-21
Memory verse:
āAnd not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarahās womb.ā
āāRomansā¬ ā4ā¬:ā19ā¬ āNKJVā¬ā¬
Practicing Bible faith doesnāt entail lying or living in denial. It is not pretending that a problem doesnāt exist when it actually does. Faith is facing the facts of the situation with the fact that the word of God is more real than the facts. While natural faith is built on facts, Bible faith is built on the truth, which is the word of God.
Our text today is about Abrahamās faith, which is a complete contrast of Thomasā faith. He noted the utter impotence of his own body and that it was already practically dead for producing children. He knew that Sarah had long entered āmeno-pauseā and had moved to āmeno-stopā. He didnāt deny the conditions, but he didnāt consider them. He didnāt focus his thoughts on the conditions but on the word of God; on what God said, that is, āI have made you a father of many nationsā ( Rom 4:17). In the midst of the humanly hopeless conditions, he kept thinking on this word and confessing that he was the āthe father of many nationsā. Hallelujah!
Since he didnāt keep his mind and attention on what he felt in his body and what he knew concerning Sarahās womb, he didnāt get weighed down by the situation. For once, he was never down but was always high in the spirit, singing and praising God for His promise. Rather than doubting, complaining, and questioning God, he was giving Him glory. āHe did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,ā āā(Romā¬ ā4ā¬:ā20ā¬). Rather than repeating his prayer request for those years, which would have weakened him, he turned his prayer points to praise points. He didnāt wait to see their conditions changed before He praised God. Doing that gave him more strength to stay focused throughout the twenty-five years of waiting.
Friends, Bible faith doesnāt wait to see any change before giving God praise for the answers. No one can receive Abrahamās blessing using Thomasā faith. Abrahamās faith is Bible faith, which considers Godās word instead of symptoms. Start by searching the scriptures for words that describe the ability of God and then engage them persistently in faith-based praise. Glory!
Praise points
1. Father, I thank You that You are the God of all impossibilities, and You are able to change the unchangeable and reverse the irreversible.
2. Father, You are the promise keeping God, and Your word will never return to You void, be glorified, in Jesusā name.
Todayās declarations
1. I donāt deny my symptoms, but I donāt dwell on them. Instead, I dwell on Godās word.
2. I have Abrahamās faith and not Thomasā faith because I donāt wait until I see any change in my condition beforeĀ IĀ praiseĀ God.
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