Abraham: Faith under siege | Diet 4

 FAITH CHALLENGES THE UNKNOWN

If you know all the facts, you do not need faith. Hebrews 11:8, "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance,

obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went." If you are going to become a person of faith, you are going to enter into the area of the unknown. You will be moving in places you do not understand. Faith is when you are willing to deal with God in areas you are not sure of , not knowing if you have a place to put your feet. When we began construction of the church building that we now worship in, we had just come back from the Philippines. I had no money. Do you know what God said? He said, "If you have the

courage to sign the papers, I'll supply the needs." You know what I said? "That is very interesting. When they don't get their money, I'll say, 'He told me,' but they won't be able to find you. They have my address and they'll come and get me." He said, "They will never come." THEY NEVER HAVE COME.

Until you sign your name, you do not know what you are getting into. That is the area of the unknown. We are still moving in the area of the unknown. 

The Bible says that he went out not knowing whither he went. I can imagine his neighbor's reaction when he got on those big beautiful camels and had all of his cattle with him, and his sheep, goats, and they started moving along. They said, "Where are you going, Abraham?" He said, "I don't know." "You have all this caravan, and you don't know? Could you tell us approximately?"

Not only did Abraham not know where he was going, but he did not have any friends that had been there before. He only knew that God said "Go!" and he started moving in God's direction to obey and to walk with God. The most fun in life is going where you do not know how far it is or when you are going to get there, but you respond in faith. Imagine how exciting it would be to eventually arrive at the destination! Faith is an element of the unknown. If you are not willing to function in the unknown, or if you need to have security always, then you will never know what faith is!

Author: Lester Sumrall

Compiled and edited by: Peter O. Olutoyese