Remarkable Faith

The faith of Abraham is really quite remarkable, but it is the same faith required of each of God's children. He still asks, "Will you go on today in the direction I send you without having the slightest idea of where you'll end up? Will you give up everything to do so? Will you risk taking the ones you love with you--your Sarahs--with you?" Such was the first test of Abraham's commitment to walk before God and trust the results to Him alone. Such is the first test of our faith. God calls us to follow Him wherever He takes us. To take our tents and go forward to the place of His leading. And to keep those tent pegs in dirt not cement. He also asks us to take that one, or those ones, we love along with us. We must trust them to His care as well. How can we do that? We must set our sights on Home. We must keep our focus on the heavenly city. Heavenly treasures must be the sole desire of our hearts. The trip will not be an easy one. Disappointment, failure, danger, and greater tests of faith await us. But if we walk before Him, the disappointment will become blessing, the failure will become victory, the danger will become deliverance, and the greater tests of faith will deepen our love for, and our trust in, Him. As our faith matures into faithfulness, we will find that it is His faithfulness that secures the journey Home. As we eagerly await the tearing down of our tents for the last time, we will devotedly walk in faithful obedience to where He leads us in the meantime. Going not knowing is far more fulfilling that knowing but refusing to go.