Fortunately, “if we are faithless, he remains faithful.” In Christ, we have grace, even in the midst of our sins and failures. Each of us has moments of failure and success during our walk with God. However, if we realize that the only true hero of the Bible is God, then we will begin to see how vast the grace of God truly is! Simply put, we are no different than Abram. If we read the Bible as a book of morality lessons and fables, accounts such as this will be hard to understand. It repeatedly makes it clear that our “heroes” of the faith were deeply flawed and sinful people. It is shocking to see Abram sin so quickly after following the LORD, yet Bible never shies away from people’s sin. This means that within the same chapter of Abram showing great faith in the LORD, he also sells his wife to Pharaoh in order to save his own skin. Out of fear for his own life, Abram deceives the Egyptians into believing that Sarai is not his wife. The famine causes Abram to journey into Egypt. In this section of Scripture, we read that God brings Abram to a new land only to face a severe famine. He simply trusted the LORD and left behind the security and comfort of his extended family.īecause Abram showed such astounding faith already, it is difficult for us to imagine things going south for him, especially as quickly as they do.
Thus, Abram displayed great faith in God. Trusting the LORD, Abram obeyed, not knowing where God would take him. God told Abram to go to a land that God would show him and that He would bless Abram greatly. Though he was originally a cursed pagan, God spoke to him, giving him a command and a promise. Last week, we read how Abram came to know the LORD.
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