Father Abraham...

i often wonder about Abraham... i mean, how did he do it? How could he leave EVERYTHING and go off into the unknown. The unknown makes me want to scream and hide under my covers. But he went...

What did he think when God said, "You see all those stars? Your family is going to be bigger than that!" He probably felt the same way i sometimes do about the promises of God. "God, i believe you because - you're God! But... i don't see how that could possibly happen!" To think that he walked through the rest of his life walking in that unknown - walking with a promise unfulfilled, yet intact! I don't think I could do that...

But what will happen when we get to heaven and God says, "Abraham, Abraham... come up here. I want you to see something." Abraham joins his Father, his Creator, his Delight on his throne. And Father says, "Abraham -- look at your family now." Every Jew, every Old-Testament believer, every Christian all gathered in heaven - all the descendants of the one who had a glimpse of the Father-heart of God. A dream fulfilled!

"Not one of these people, even though their lives were exemplary, got their hands on what ws promised. God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours."