Life
Lessons: Trusting God
Genesis
26:1-35
SITUATION: Despite God’s clear promise to Isaac, he
lacked faith. But through his encounter with Abimelech he learned to trust that
God would protect him, provide for him, and fulfill his promise.
OBSERVATION: God protects and provides for people who
follow him. Even though we may doubt, God’s faithfulness does not waver.
INSPIRATION: Faith is a vital life-changing and creative
power in human experience. It is belief in and intellectual assent to valid
doctrine and acceptance of a sound theological position. But even more, faith
is an in-depth assurance, a profound certainty that God will actually do what,
in the Bible, He says He will do. The promises of Holy Scripture I personally
believe to be true, without any doubt whatsoever.
So the reason for my strong faith is that
the Bible teaches faith. Faith has demonstrated its validity in all kinds of
circumstances in my life. As I have believed and practiced faith in God and in
Jesus Christ, the most wonderful things have happened: peace, joy, and victory.
Moreover, other people with deep faith, known to me, have experienced,
unmistakably, the power of God operating in their lives. As a result, my own
faith in faith as the power of God in action has become ever more certain. . .
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The Bible tells us that by faith we can
move mountains of difficulty and trouble. “Verily I say unto you, if ye have
faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence
to yonder place; and it shall remove: and nothing shall be impossible for you.”
This means no superficial or a soft kind of faith, but instead the kind that
makes and keeps us “Strong and of good courage.” It must be real, deep,
positive faith. The sturdy , faith-believing, wonder-working New Testament
tells us, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
APPLICATION: What causes you to feel anxious? Bills? Boss?
School? Work project? Pray when these situations arise. Believe that God will
be faithful to you.
EXPLORATION: Trusting God:
Matthew 6:33-34; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; Hebrews 11:1
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