Genesis 15:4-6 (NIV)
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him:
“This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will
be your heir.” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky
and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So
shall your offspring be.”
6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to
him as righteousness.
Paul writes that if justification by faith proved true for
Abraham, it was also true for the Jews and the Gentiles and for us today. When
we put our hope and faith in Jesus Christ, when we choose to believe that He
was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised from the dead (Romans
4:24), we are given a credit statement that says “paid in
full.” I am always elated when my credit card statement has a zero balance. By
believing in Jesus Christ, God writes across the statement of our lives “debt
canceled!”
We are credited with righteousness and justified before God.
God’s grace and His unmerited favor are imputed to us, and we can only offer
ourselves back to Him in gratitude. Undeserving as we are, we can offer ourselves
to the Lord as “living sacrifices” (Romans 12:1) and freely surrender to the
God of grace.
Each time I read Genesis 15: 4-6, I am reminded that Abraham
not only believed in God, He believed God. You see, we can believe that God
exists, that He is the Creator of the universe. We can believe in His Son, sent
to die for our sins, but we must go one step further and believe God – that is,
believe in His promises and believe that His Word is true. Abraham was an old
man and his wife Sarai was beyond child bearing years, but Abraham, knowing and
believing in God, also believed God’s Word, and he was credited with
righteousness.
Do you believe God? Do you believe that what He has told you
He will fulfill? What promise are you waiting for God to fulfill? Today chose
to trust and believe God.
Thought for today:
Can I surrender my will enough to trust God?
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