Romans 4:17-24

Romans 4:17-24
English Standard Version (ESV)

  There are so many reasons to believe that certain things cannot happen.  Pick an event, and I bet you can imagine a series of circumstances that would make the event unlikely, or would sabotage its success.  We do this most often with our futures, focusing on all the ways things can go wrong, unaware of the worst-case scenarios we are building.  We doubt ourselves and often doubt God and his providence.
  Abraham, we are told, did not waver at the promises of God.  His belief was unshakable that God would do what God had promised to do.  In the face of reasons not to believe, Abraham's faith grew stronger as he gave glory to God, trusting in the unknowable, believing in the uncertain, confidant in the outcome.
  So what's your life look like if you placed total faith and trust in God?  How does your day change if you live with an unshakable belief that God's promises will be true?  God cares about you, God loves you, and God has promised to never leave or forsake you.  God has already demonstrated the depths of his love for you by ascending the cross and dying to secure your life.  May you never doubt the proximity of God -- He abides in us, and holds your future in his strong and victorious right hand!