HOW GOD
OPERATES
Kingdom
Kids devotions authorize Jesus’ LORDship
over our lives.
Hebrews
11:17-19: “By faith Abraham, when God
tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.
He who received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son
“even
though God had said to him, ‘It is through Isaac that your offspring will be
reckoned.’
“Abraham
reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did
receive Isaac from death.”
When a parent or someone in authority makes a promise, we
trust that the promise will be granted. Because
Abram (Abraham) never doubted God, God made His covenantal promises to him
(Genesis 15:17-21). Genesis 15:6 says, “Abram
believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.”
Trusting someone to believe promises they make takes
faith.
We learned from God’s
Purposed Elect devotion that Abraham’s son Isaac became the second guy, and
his son Jacob, became the third who trusted that God’s promises would come true. These three are patriarchs [PAA-tri-arks], or
fathers of our Christian faith.
How does God operate to develop great faith in simple believers?
Check out the lesson linked below to see that Abraham developed
great faith through obeying God from one command into another. Abraham’s faith in God grew with each successive
challenge he obeyed. His obedience
built trust. Trust in God developed Abraham’s
great faith.
Faith is a gift from God.
However, people develop our individual faith through obedience in small
things. That’s how God operates. Isaac had to obey God in small things before
developing his great faith.
Isaac innocently asked his dad Abraham, “Where is the
lamb for the burnt offering?” in Genesis 22:7.
Was Isaac concerned when dad laid him on top of the wood on the altar? Did Isaac hear God’s angel stop Abraham from
slaying him? “Do not lay a hand on the
boy … Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from Me your
son.” (Genesis 22:12).
And Isaac’s son Jacob developed his great faith by depending
on God and never giving up! Check out
Jacob wrestling with God all night in Genesis 32:24-32.
God operates His will through our obedience in small
things.
Take
Home Nugget
Each small step of
obedience builds upon earlier times when we remember that God was trustful in
the past. When we have the courage to
obey God in difficult challenges, our faith grows. As our faith develops into greatness, we’re
never shaken from our sure foundation.
Whoever can’t trust God for big things ignored His
Spirit’s promptings to obey Him in small things.
That’s how God operates!
Holy Father, Strengthen me to dare to obey
You when You challenge me in following Your will. I pray this in Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Adapted from “Acquiring Great Faith” by Dr.
Charles Stanley. April 1, 2016. www.InTouch.org.
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