God will first tell you the WHAT (12:1-2) The reason God does not answer the HOW question is because He wants us to trust Him. As a matter of fact, God is answering other questions as we follow Him. You find that rarely did God answer the question HOW at first. Yet when you look at what the Bible says, and specifically at the example of Abraham – who did live by faith – you see a process. We want to know now how will God make the impossible possible. Yet, many times, when we look at our situation, our challenge, our difficulties, we often ask HOW. So when a person accepts Jesus, the have to learn to follow God in faith. But the righteous one will live by his faith.” ( Habakkuk 2:4, HCSB) “ Look, his ego is inflated he is without integrity. When we want to learn from God, it is through faith. How is God going to get Abraham to the country? How will He make Abraham a great nation? How will God make Abraham’s name great? How will God make Abraham a blessing? It is a human question, but it is contrary to God’s blessing. When we look at this passage, there is a question that pops up. Today, we want to look at the role of faith (or trust) and God’s blessing. We will see how faith, giving, conflict, and prayer in the life of Abraham were all tied to the happiness that God gave Him. During this month, we are going to look at God’s blessing. Like the pillow in the story, we have to trust the Giver more than the gift. He is the only One who can truly provide help when you need it.

God is the only one who can provide happiness in your life. God’s blessing is His acceptance, approval, and help than brings happiness. 1ĭon’t you want God’s favor? That’s the definition of blessing.

The one who gave her the pillow now became a lot more important. He got down on one knee, took her by the hand, and said, “Will you marry me?” Her boyfriend got up, took the pillow from her, and laid the pillow on the floor. “ Well, thank you.” It was obvious she was disappointed that she got a pillow. She turned the pillow over, thinking that something was taped to the backside. “Oh, wow, I mean, this is a nice pillow … but it’s a pillow.” She opened the box and pulled out a pillow. All she could think about was what was in the box.įinally dinner was over. The waiting to open the gift was killing her, but her boyfriend told her to open the gift after dinner. All the while they were eating dinner, she just kept thinking about this box, because it was a big box, and she wanted to know what was inside. A man took his girlfriend out for dinner and when they sat down, he laid an elaborate box on the table for her birthday.

Genesis 121 9 audio sermon