HOPING AGAINST HOPE

Spirit & Life Devotional
Thursday, September 4
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

Romans 4:18 ERV "There was no hope that Abraham would have children, but Abraham believed God and continued to hope. And that is why he became the father of many nations. As God told him, 'You will have many descendants.'"

HOPING AGAINST HOPE

Faith is truly tested when we have to believe God for the impossible, the illogical, and the incomprehensible. It's easy to say you have faith that God will provide when you have a job and you know that you'd soon be paid, but when there's no known source of income for you, and you have to trust God for supply, that's when your faith is really tested. When like Mary and Martha, your brother has been dead for four days and you still believe that God can still raise him up from the dead, that's faith!

Sometimes the facts aren't good; nothing at all suggests that what you want, desire or have been told by God will come to pass; but you say with confidence and unshakeable assurance, "I know in Whom I have believed!" Strong faith is a product of knowledge of Who God is and what He is capable of doing. Abraham believed God because He knew that God could give life to the dead and bring to existence what never existed before! Hallelujah!

Listen to me, I'm talking about the God who put money in the mouth of a fish in order to pay taxes! I'm talking about the God who caused iron to float on water! I'm talking about the God who made a donkey to speak! The God who healed the sick and cast out demons with the shadow of a man! The God who made the sun and the moon to stand still! Surely He can do the impossible and the unthinkable! He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all you can ask or think if you believe!

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