JULY 16, Romans 4:18-20 

God said Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Just how strong was his faith? Why was he called the father of faith? Consider these...
• Romans 4:18, He, against hope, believed in hope.
• Romans 4:19a, He was not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead.
• Romans 4:20, He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
• Romans 4:21, And being fully persuaded that, what God had promised, he was able also to perform.

Do you have this kind of faith? When everything seems hopeless, you still do not lose hope?

This faith goes beyond earthly, physical strength. Abraham and Sarah were probably older than your grandparents yet Abraham still believed God could fulfill His promise through their old, unfruitful bodies to give birth to a baby. Dear child, your physical strength is small, you need to look to God, just like Abraham, to claim God’s promises. ‘Staggered’ means ‘separated or withdrew’. Abraham did not separate himself from the promise of God. Instead, he clung tightly to this promise day by day, not once unbelieving, for 25 long years! For you and I, our faith wavers from day to day. We must not waver, even when things seem to go against us, or when the hope is too far away, we must still believe, giving glory to God.

Finally, Abraham was FULLY persuaded in his heart that when God makes a promise, He is able and He will keep it. No one needed to speak to him to convince or persuade him. He knew the character of God very well, that God cannot lie and that He is omnipotent to fulfill all the promises He made in the Bible.

Thought: The church will be very strong if we have many like Abraham.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, increase my faith. Also let me discover more promises in the Bible so I can lay hold on them by faith and claim these promises. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.