Daily Devotions

Heb 11: 1

Now faith is confident in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

This chapter of Hebrews brings out the faith of the saints of God. Among these two stood out as men of extraordinary faith. Abraham was called to leave his homeland and to move over to an unknown place far away where god had promised to make him into a great nation and where he would be given the Promise Land.

Abraham did not waver but immediately responded in complete faith. He took along all his possessions and also the family of his nephew Lot. Abraham did not doubt and did not try to reason it out with God the instruction that he had received. He just trusted God in complete faith and went ahead in total obedience.

Another might man of faith was Noah who heard from God to build an arch on top of high ground. He was away from the sea and river and he just obeyed in total obedience. Noah just went ahead and started to build according to the plan and instructions that God had given to him. While the people laughed and ridiculed him, Noah and his sons laboured in building the Arch which took a very long time to complete.

All this while Noah just focused on his task in obedience, he did not turned to the left or right. Never in a day did he waver even in the face of such ridicule and insults from the people.

These two mighty men of God and also the others who had trusted God in their lives and calling have all came through with God. The scriptures have recorded all their exploits for us to learn from.

Then we are also reminded of Enoch, who has lived a life of holiness and total obedience, he was so pleasing to God that he was taken straight up to heaven without death.

Let us look at all these accounts of mighty men and women of faith. They were just like us, ordinary men of flesh and blood. They knew their God and trusted in Him thereby earning all the blessings from God.

This is a reminder that we too can live this life of faith and begin to take a closer walk with God even when the path is difficult and life is challenging and uncertain. Let us also turn our eyes upon Jesus and let Him have control over our lives.