Daily Devotional

"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."  (Joshua 1:8)

"But if I live in the flesh, this is the FRUIT of my LABOR… Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you."

"And be ye of good courage, and BRING of the FRUIT of the LAND. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes… and BROUGHT BACK WORD unto them, and unto all the congregation, and SHEWED them the FRUIT of the land… and THIS IS THE FRUIT OF IT."

"So Mephibosheth dwelt in JERUSALEM: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet."

"When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, GATHER UP THE FRAGMENTS that remain, that nothing be LOST."

"His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is ALTOGETHER LOVELY. This is my BELOVED, and this is my FRIEND, O daughters of Jerusalem."

We are looking at the qualities of Abraham's faith. In our last discussion we considered the history of his faith, obedience of faith, believing faith, and sojourning faith.

Let's start from Genesis 12, for Abraham's history with God starts from there. Faith stems from, and is rooted in the God-encounter. According to Act.7:2, the God of glory appears to him, and that means that Abraham personally encountered God. And that is where and how faith is born or activated. Abraham SEES and HEARS from God, and as you...