Because I don’t need to see it to believe it.
This was Abram’s attitude of faith. And it should be ours too.
In both Genesis 12 & 13, the Lord promised that He will bless Abram, his name will be great, and his offspring will inherit the land of Canaan. But Abram was aware of the reality that his wife, Sarai, was barren and that they were both in their old age.
Although Abram kept God’s promise of countless offspring in his heart, by Genesis 15, the reality of his present state finally struck him. He said to God, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
But the Lord said no. His heir will be from his own flesh. Then he took him outside and told him to look at the stars in sky for such is the number of his descendants.
And “Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.”
Oh to have the faith of Abram! Such is my desire. :)
