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Tuesday... Do we really believe?

 

Proverbs 21:31 (NLT) says, "The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance and victory belong to the LORD."

Tuesday... Do we really believe?

Oh, we may really believe in our self and our abilities and we know that we will be victorious but is that really the truth? We may have real faith in us but is that really enough?


Now Proverbs 21:31 (NLT) gives another thought. It says, "The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance and victory belong to the LORD." Wait a minute, we are prepared, we have what it takes so we will be victorious. And so many really believe that?

Now the proverb right before this, verse 30 says, "There is no [human]wisdom or understanding or counsel [that can prevail] against the LORD." None!

Yes the answer to, do we really believe in ourselves may be true but is that really enough? The NLT says verse 30 this way, "No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the LORD." And that is the truth.

Over in Paul's letter to the Romans in chapter 4 in verse 13 he writes, "Clearly, God's promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was not based on his obedience to God's law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith."

Now verse 16 says, "So the promise is received by faith." Yes, Abraham put his faith in God. Yes he believed that, "deliverance and victory belong to the LORD."

Now here in the story of Abraham that Paul is writing it is about a very old Abraham who has no children.There was not a whole lot that he and his wife, Sarah could humanly do. Yes, God told him that he would be the father of a great nation and he believed Him.

Verse 18 says, "Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping - believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, 'That's how many descendents you will have!'"

Verse 19, "Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body good as dead - and so was Sarah's womp." Verses 20-22 says, "Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promised. And because of Abraham's faith, God counted him as righteous."

By the way, Abraham is the father of the Jewish and Arab nations.

So what would happen in our lives if we really believed in God? Good, good question, isn't it? Yes, Yes! #todaysbeginning






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