'Trust' is a rare commodity these days. Can we trust politicians, newspapers, our employers, our business partners, our friends? It can be sometimes be hard to know. But often, their track record is a good indicator, for if they haven't been trustworthy in the past, it is unlikely that they will be in the future.
God is certainly not afraid of our looking for 'track records' of how he has acted and how He has kept His promises. Indeed, as we begin to grasp what the bible says about Him, we see that it is the most natural thing in the world to step out and trust Him for our own lives and future.
But when Abraham first stepped out with God, he had absolutely nothing to go on. For Abraham, God had no track record! But he steadily learned from experience that you can really can trust God and His promises. Like many of us, Abraham started out by not believing in God. Coming from the city of Ur, a centre of Moon worship, he was certainly a 'pagan'.
But God broke into his life and told him to 'go to the land I will show you' Gen 12:1- though he did not know where! Only when he arrived at Shechem did God eventually say ' that is it'
Abraham had to move from his comfortable zone to the unknown, leave his family, his friends, his old ways of life, and step out in faith into an unknown world. BUT if Abraham did not step out in faith and trusted God's promise, he would never have known whether it was true or not. Faith does not drop from the 'sky', it grows as we risk stepping out with God.
Today, we can look at God's track records in the bible in a way that Abraham never could. As you consider that track record, let it strengthen your resolve to step out with God today whatever he brings before you as you take hold of his promise.
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