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Abraham Went By Faith

Hebrews 11:8 “By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.”

The Hall of Fame of Faith in Hebrews 11 has Abel worshipping by faith! Enoch walking by faith! Noah working by faith! And now we read of Abraham, and Abraham WENT by faith!

If you have gone on a long, (and even a short) road trip with children, you almost always get the question of WHERE ARE WE GOING? HOW MUCH LONGER TILL WE GET THERE?  And the classic, ARE WE THERE YET? Well, imagine what it would be like to travel with Abraham. The Bible says he WENT out NOT KNOWING WHERE HE WAS GOING.  When he is asked “Where we are going” he only could say, “I don’t know.”  Can you imagine the question ARE WE THERE YET being asked multiple times and Abraham shaking his head and saying “NO!!”  How about the classic HOW MUCH LONGER ABRAHAM and hearing “I DON’T KNOW!”   

So let me ask you, how much information do you have to have to obey God? 

Friends, when it comes to living a life of FAITH, you are going to have to work through the challenge of NOT KNOWING ALL THE DETAILS. Matter of fact there might only be very few details.  All Abraham had was God had said GO. He did not know the details of the exact location he was to go to.  He did not get the details of how long it would take to get there.  He did not get the details of what he would do when he got there.  

All Abraham had was God said GO!  Hearing GO he WENT!

I do want you to consider Abraham’s faith.  Even though Abraham DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS GOING, he DID KNOW that GOD KNEW where he was to go. With the knowledge that GOD KNEW Abraham then BY FAITH went!

Is your spiritual journey having moments of knowing but not knowing?  You KNOW God has told you to do something but the details are really fuzzy.  You find yourself having to say I don’t know to a whole of questions. The faith you will need is to say I DO KNOW WHO DOES KNOW!   Recall at that moment that Abraham WENT!

When you GO and DO what He has said in these moments you will be able to say BY FAITH you WENT!

My prayer for you is that when God says GO your testimony will be you WENT!

Continue Strong,
And remember to DATE The Word

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