Grow Physically Strong Through Faith
“As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were. Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.” Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.” (Romans 4:17-21 WEB)
Our God is the Almighty One who gives life to the dead.
At the age of hundred, Abraham was already old and weak. However, he never forgot what God had promised to him that night when He led him out to number the stars in the sky. That vision and longing remained in his heart, even though most people would have given up, saying that it was impossible.
In the passage above, the Holy Spirit drew my attention to Abraham having faith, hope and love.
“But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13 WEB)
Hope is the expectation of something good in your future. Abraham had hope in his heart—expecting God’s promise of a son born of Sarah.
Abraham had faith—he believed that God could still give Him a son even though his body was already almost dead.
Finally, Abraham loved God. This love stemmed from believing that God loves him. Due to love, he believed that God would be faithful to keep the promise.
Hope deals with the desire, faith is about the ability, and love covers the willingness. Through faith, hope, and love, Abraham wanted the promise of God, and believed that God is willing and able to do it for him.
Abraham inherit the promise. He “grew strong through faith,” and was renewed physically to be young and strong again, able to father a son.
It was also after this that Sarah (about 90 years old) became beautiful and young again, able to even nurse Isaac herself after giving birth to him.
One revelation that the Lord gave to me is the word “grew”. Growing is produced by receiving life-giving power. Abraham grew strong because he received life into his body through faith, hope, and love working in him.
No one grows old because aging is death. A person can become old naturally, but they can only “grow” young, healthy and strong through God.
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