Abraham's Faith Tested

FAITH IN ACTION:
LIVING AS FAITHFUL PEOPLE
God's Covenant
A Promise to Abraham

Hebrews 11:17-22

The Message

 ^17-19By faith, Abraham, at the time of testing, offered Isaac back to God. Acting in faith, he was as ready to return the promised son, his only son, as he had been to receive him—and this after he had already been told, "Your descendants shall come from Isaac." Abraham figured that if God wanted to, he could raise the dead. In a sense, that's what happened when he received Isaac back, alive from off the altar.
 ²⁰By an act of faith, Isaac reached into the future as he blessed Jacob and Esau.
 ²¹By an act of faith, Jacob on his deathbed blessed each of Joseph's sons in turn, blessing them with God's blessing, not his own—as he bowed worshipfully upon his staff.
 ²²By an act of faith, Joseph, while dying, prophesied the exodus of Israel, and made arrangements for his own burial.

For Reflection
As they lived by their faith in God and God's faith in them, they died in faith.  Blessing their families, they passed the faith to the next generations. God has faith in you to live lives filled with hope in the promise of God. Are you willing to have faith in God by blessing the next generation?

Pray
thanking God for his faith in you.  Pray that God's faith in you will be returned in your blessing to others.