STUMBLES OF FAITH (20)
Scripture: Genesis 12:10-20, Genesis 13:1-4
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Stumbles of Faith (20)
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 12:10 - 13:4
A man named Ron, who had the privilege of teaching a class of mentally challenged teenagers, was gifted at seeing his student's abilities rather than their disabilities. He saw potential rather than limits. He taught them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electronic appliances. Ron's greatest accomplishment was teaching them to believe in themselves. This was clearly evidenced in the actions and attitude of a young man named Bobby, who walked into class one day with a toaster in need of repair under one arm and a half loaf of bread in the other! That's confidence. Fix the toaster. Toast the bread. (Bible.org)
Bobby learned to believe in himself. It's a valuable life lesson, one that is difficult to learn. However, an even more valuable and difficult lesson is learning to trust God, in all things and at all times.
For most believers the lesson of daily walking by faith is a challenging one. We seem to have little trouble believing God for salvation, forgiveness of sin, victory over death and the promise of heaven. While we have little difficulty trusting God for these things, we struggle to trust Him to supply our daily needs, carry our burdens, help us rejoice in the face of trials, empower us to accomplish His purposes, lead us through life's dark and lonely valleys and overcome temptation.
This dichotomy of faith, trusting God for the eternal but not the temporal, is nothing new.
We see it in the lives of our greatest heroes in the Bible. The lives of men and women of faith in the Bible, like ours, met with sharp curves, speed bumps and stumbles. This includes the one who is known as the father of faith, Abram.
Today, we are going to read about one of Abram's stumbles of faith because we not only benefit from looking at the successes of our Bible heroes but their failures as well. That's why their stories are there. ''For whatever was written in earlier t ...
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 12:10 - 13:4
A man named Ron, who had the privilege of teaching a class of mentally challenged teenagers, was gifted at seeing his student's abilities rather than their disabilities. He saw potential rather than limits. He taught them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electronic appliances. Ron's greatest accomplishment was teaching them to believe in themselves. This was clearly evidenced in the actions and attitude of a young man named Bobby, who walked into class one day with a toaster in need of repair under one arm and a half loaf of bread in the other! That's confidence. Fix the toaster. Toast the bread. (Bible.org)
Bobby learned to believe in himself. It's a valuable life lesson, one that is difficult to learn. However, an even more valuable and difficult lesson is learning to trust God, in all things and at all times.
For most believers the lesson of daily walking by faith is a challenging one. We seem to have little trouble believing God for salvation, forgiveness of sin, victory over death and the promise of heaven. While we have little difficulty trusting God for these things, we struggle to trust Him to supply our daily needs, carry our burdens, help us rejoice in the face of trials, empower us to accomplish His purposes, lead us through life's dark and lonely valleys and overcome temptation.
This dichotomy of faith, trusting God for the eternal but not the temporal, is nothing new.
We see it in the lives of our greatest heroes in the Bible. The lives of men and women of faith in the Bible, like ours, met with sharp curves, speed bumps and stumbles. This includes the one who is known as the father of faith, Abram.
Today, we are going to read about one of Abram's stumbles of faith because we not only benefit from looking at the successes of our Bible heroes but their failures as well. That's why their stories are there. ''For whatever was written in earlier t ...
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