Faith in God’s Faithfulness – Week of March 2, 2026
So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 12:4,8
Faith in God’s Faithfulness
It is the first week of school, and you have a new flock of preschoolers. These children have been enrolled, and you have visited with their parents. But the children know next to nothing about you. Neither do they know where all the doors or halls lead in your school. They do not recognize any faces. Everything is new and different. They have no familiarity because they have no history. They move around and function, relying completely on their trust in you, the teacher.
I wonder if that is how Abraham felt in a new land. He had no idea where a valley led or what he would see from a mountain top. Were any of those new faces trustworthy? He had no history or experience to rely on for guidance. Abraham was like a lost child. He did not know where he was going, and no human being could tell him. Abraham had to trust – to put his faith in his God, the one true God.
Abraham’s faith was not in faith itself. Instead of looking inside himself, Abraham’s faith was rooted in God’s faithfulness. Only God was worthy of Abraham’s faith and trust because only God keeps all of his promises. God promised to send his Son, the Savior, through Abraham’s family line. By faith, Abraham believed God’s promise and so he followed where God directed. Yet, Abraham did not just follow God’s direction to be blessed with a patch of dirt and material possessions. Because of Abraham’s faith in Jesus, Abraham looked forward to his ultimate inheritance, the promised land of heaven.
God is also worthy of our faith because he keeps his promises to us. Just as he walked with Abraham and directed Abraham’s steps in the strange land, God walks with us. We are strangers here. We walk through unknown valleys and trudge up endless mountains. Disease takes over. Accidents occur. Sin hurts. Death comes. Through it all, the One who promised his Son, Jesus, is with us. Jesus, the promised heir of Abraham, the Savior of all people, the true Son of God – he is the One who went to the cross to be crushed because of Abraham’s sin, because of your sin, and because of my sin. He is the One who promised that he would rise from the dead. And he did! He is worthy of our faith because He keeps His promises. He is with us always, even in death. When our last day comes, our faith follows the faithful Savior through the door of death and into heaven, just as easily as stepping over a crack in the sidewalk. Dear one, keep your eyes on Jesus. He is worthy of your faith and he is with you always.
Prayer:
Dear Jesus, thank you for being my Savior. Please help me keep my eyes on you as I follow you to my heavenly home. Amen!
