I Believe...

I've been reading about Abraham lately and, as I usually do when I hear about this impressive guy, I am struck by what a pillar of faith he was. He left his country and people and set out for a far off land (Canaan) because God had given it to him. Even in his old, childless age, he held on to the promise that he would be the father of many nations. And then when he finally did have a son, he was willing to sacrifice him on an altar because the Lord commanded it. Wow.

As I've been reading, I was particularly captured by one simple verse in particular.God leads Abram outside at night and tells him to look up and count the stars if he can... because that is how many descendants he will have. Genesis 15:6 says, "And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith." I love that without question, without doubt, Abram immediately believes God's word to him to be true, no matter how improbable it may seem.

Sometimes I think I can be guilty of believing something spiritually but questioning it intellectually. To put myself in Abraham's shoes, it would be pretty crazy to think about having children at the age of 100+... with your wife getting up there in years as well. It would be easy to intellectualize and question whether all that plumbing was still operating properly... but Abraham believed the Lord's words because they were just that - the word of the Lord. Absolute, 100%, irrefutable truth.

I want to have that same faith and assurance and to never question or intellectualize what the Lord has promised me. 

So, here are some truths that I BELIEVE...

"... overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us." (Romans 8:37)

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah 29:11)

"And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:19)

"But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm." (Proverbs 1:33)

"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)

"I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life." (John 6:47)

"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." (Isaiah 46:4)