Abraham as the father of faith.

Abraham as the father of faith.

Posted on July 27, 2012 Updated on July 26, 2012

 Read Heb. 11:9,10.

God promised to give him the land, yet when Abraham got to Canaan, he found that others already lived there and owned it.

What Abraham did not do at this point is just as instructive as what he did do by going to the land. He did not try to buy up real estate, even though he was very rich (13:2). Neither did he try to conquer the land, even though he has military ability as we saw last week in Gen. 14.

Instead, he just hung around, living in a tent, taking tour after tour of the Promised Land throughout his life. He was propertyless his whole life. When Sarah died eventually, he had to buy a burial plot for her (chapter 23) even though God had promised him the whole land.

Why was he so passive about taking the land? Because the same God who had said “Go to the land” had also said “I will give you the land.”

So here is another aspect of biblical faith. It involves not only the willingness to act according to God’s truth, but also depending on God to perform his will for you instead of taking matters into your own hands.

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