Obedience By Faith
“Abraham believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.” Genesis 15:6
Hebrews 11 says, “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going…”
By faith, Abraham obeyed.” And that’s why he is called the friend of God.
What God expected of Abraham, He also expects of you. When you are confronted with the will of God for your life as was Abraham, you have the same choice to make that he did, which is simply one of two things: obedience or disobedience.
Our problem, however, is that we want options. We think of God’s will as one of a variety of choices when in reality the choice is simply the path of obedience or disobedience. This is why Jesus said, “Broad is the way that leads to destruction, but narrow is the path that leads to life.”
The will of God is not a negotiable commodity. It wasn’t for Abraham, and it isn’t for you or for me. A knowledge of God’s will demands decisions and decision results in either obedience or disobedience.
When you make a commitment to do that, it’s amazing how simple things become.