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I was teaching a class about Abraham and later I was reminded about him again in Romans. I love the way the Message Bible puts the following verses. "We call Abraham 'father' not because he got God's attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. … When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do" Romans 4:13 & 18.
In the world there are all sorts of programs design so people can present well. Self esteem programs, skills for job interview, courses on being assertive, all design to teach people how to sell themselves and represent themselves well to a future employer, a money lender or even a future spouse. Jobs vacancies often go to those who, may not be the best qualified, but to those who present themselves the best. But God doesn't operate like this. He delights to pick the unlikeliest people, the nobodies and the unqualified. "Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong" (1 Corinthians 1:27-28).
We know that Abraham had moments of doubt and moments of indiscretion earlier in his life but in the end it was said of him, 'he believed anyway'. "He faced the fact that his body was as good as dead – since he was about one hundred years old – and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise" (Romans 4:19-20).
May it also be said of us that 'we believed anyway.' When temptations come rolling in; when doubt threatens to overtake us; when circumstances appear hopeless, let us not waver in unbelief but rather focus on the character of God and know his promises can be trusted.
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