liz2184

The word that seems to come to mind is survival. When I consider the things that Abraham was asked to do I don't think he would have even been able to get through the day without calling on God. I know I can't , and I'm just living a relitively nomal life. The thought of leaving home to settle in another country is scarry enough now. Abraham didn't have years of stories and generations of people who had done the same thing to look back on. He truly was stepping out with nothing but God. He had to be wondering if he was crazy and just hearing voices half the time. I think he called on God to remind himself that he wasn't crazy, that God was and is real, and that eventually everything would work out the way that God intended it to.

I think that what makes stepping out on faith so difficult and exciting is that we really have no idea how it's all going to pan out. It's impossible to project how much one discission can alter one own life and the lives of others, and once the decision is made there's no taking it back. Some times the things that God asks us to do don't make sense. For me, I have difficulty trusting in God's goodness. I know that He is good intelectually, but in my own life I have never met a person who is completely good and trustworthy all the time. I can't even comprehend what would look like. It's hard to trust in something that you have never seen and never will see in this lifetime. Although Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is the conviction of things not seen.When one takes a step of faith one is literally steping out on the conviction that God is good even though everything we have ever been exposed to is coruputed and fallen.