I love the story of Abraham when we re talking about faith. In Genesis 22, Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his son Isaac on the altar on the mountain. That is a pretty heavy request. What is interesting is that Abraham didn’t take a week to think about it, it says immediately the next day Abraham started on the journey. Talk about immediate obedience. I love that Abraham told his two helpers, my son and I will go to the mountain and we will come back to you. He knew that Isaac was the son of promise and that God would ultimately supply, which we see that He did, by providing a ram that was caught in the bushes. The obedience of Abraham and Isaac show that they had complete trust in God. There isn’t an argument between God and Abraham, or even Abraham and Isaac, even as Isaac lay upon the altar. That confidence in God’s provision shows that Abraham deserves to be in the Hall of Fame of Faith in Hebrews 11! He was an amazing man of faith! The word faith has these synonyms: confidence, trust, reliance, conviction, belief, assurance, and commitment. Abraham demonstrated all of these qualities when He was asked to do the unthinkable, of sacrificing his son Isaac. Abraham knew that faith was “the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.” Let’s put our faith into action! Let’s be believers who have confidence, trust, reliance, conviction, belief, assurance and commitment that “God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we could ever ask or think.”