By faith Abraham and Sarah

 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.- Hebrews 11.8-12

 

Abraham and Sarah are two of my favourite faith people in the whole Bible. I love them because they faith was real, but it was flawed, but it was enduring.

 

At the very start Abram was minding his own business when God appears to him and says ‘its time to back up and move. Don’t worry about where to – I’ll show you when you get there.’

 

Abram was a wealthy landowner with crops and herds and livestock and God just said ‘go.’ And Abram went.

 

By faith they lived in a foreign land and there they were faithful.

 

One day God made Abraham and great promise. He promised that Abraham would be the faither of a great nation and that the number of his descendants would be greater than the stars in the sky and the sand on the oceans’ shore.

 

But there was a problem – all that had to start with one son. The couple waited year after year and decade after decade and still no son. Their faith was imperfect – the messed up a few times and tried to take things in their own hands but all their attempts.

 

It was flawed faith – but it was faithful faith.

 

Finally, way past child-bearing years they were told that a son was coming! It was too good to be true, but next year they had their long-promised son.

 

Finally, barren Sarah bore a son.

 

Therefore, from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude — innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

 

They were faithful – and God met His promise.

That’s the kind of faith God wants from us. Enduring, patient, maybe even with flaws, but persisting till the day God answers.