" You gotta have faith," people say. But what does that mean? Is any faith good faith?
" Believe in yourself an all that you are," wrote one positive thinker a century ago. " Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." As nice as that may sound, it falls to pieces when it crashes into reality. We need a faith in something bigger than ourselves.
God promised Abram he would have a multitude of descendants, so he faced a huge obstacle-he was old and childless. When he and Sarah got tired of waiting for God to make good on His promise, they tried to overcome that obstacle on their own. As a result, they fractured their family and created a lot of unnecessary dissension.
Nothing Abraham did in his own strength worked. But ultimately he became known as a man of tremendous faith. Paul wrote of him, " Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ' So shall your offspring be.' " This faith, said Paul, " was credited to him as righteousness."
Abraham's faith was in something far bigger than himself-the one and only God. It's the object of our faith that makes all the difference.
Lord, I want a strong faith in You, not just faith in myself or my abilities or in others. I am nothing without you.
Our faith is good if it's in the right Person.
Please read Isaiah 9-10 and Ephesians 3
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