The passage I read
was Romans 4:16-25
You can find that passage here:
The verse that most
stood out to me:
20 Yet he did not waver through
unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and
gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that
God had power to do what he had promised.
As I reflect:
Abraham was nearly
100 years old and considered unable to have children at this age. His wife also had a womb of many years since
unable to produce children due to age.
Yet when Abraham heard this promise from God, he didn’t for a second consider
his body’s inability to complete the task, nor his wife’s inability to bear
child. He instead rejoiced abundantly
showing great trust in what the Lord said to him.
I, like Abraham and like many believers out there do not
consider my circumstances something that God can’t work through, around, or
change all together to achieve His promises in me. We do not consider that we are able to
achieve what God has promised because that would be relying on ourselves to perform
the miracles. Instead, we consider
simply that despite our own selves, God is fully capable of fulfilling what is
promised.
Because we too are “of the faith of Abraham”, we too are
offered the credit of righteousness for believing in not only the Gospel, but
all the promises that come with His message to us.
I think it’s important to note that although God’s promises
are available to us and we can certainly put full trust and belief in them, we
must also note (as in Genesis) that we have a responsibility in each of those
promises. For Abraham it was that he had
to be circumcised, all in his house had to be circumcised, and all his
descendants were to be circumcised as well as anyone bought and brought into
his home. For us, we have been given the
freedom to be circumcised or not physically as is your choice for only the
benefits of health. We instead have
since been taught that our circumcision is to be one of the spirit. We are to be circumcised from the world. This is part of our covenant with God
today. We are offered a promise of
salvation, but that promise comes with the condition of worldly circumcision. In other words, repentance and change as
evidenced by the Holy Spirit’s convicting work in your life; this is your circumcision from the
world. It is what separates you from a
wicked generation and is a proof of the promise of salvation being fulfilled in
you.
Let us today and every day walk, think, speak, and act in
such a way as to reflect our faith and full trust in God’s promises and work in
us. May it be counted a credit of
righteousness as it was for our father Abraham.
My response to the
Lord:
Father God, I trust in you.
Not only by my words, but by my actions I trust in you. Help me daily Lord to fulfill my
responsibilities in faithful response to what you have offered and given to
me. I know you will complete the
promises begun in me. I trust in you and
though my own understanding would say,” I am not able to be used for good”, I
do not lean on that understanding. I
lean instead to you and believe every word you have given. I trust in you regardless of my
circumstances, my past, my failures. Be
glorified in your work in Lord. In Jesus’
name I pray. Amen.
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