I know this is an area I touched on yesterday, but I felt compelled to continue the thought. In reading Romans 4 today as Paul talked about Abraham’s faith. This is a faith in God to the point of taking his only son’s life, a life that God had promised to create nations from, yet a life that God had commanded Abraham to take. Obviously if you know the story you know that God stopped Abraham short of committing the act, but yet Abraham was considered righteous for his faith. These words Paul tells us we can take to heart.
Romans 4:20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22 This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." 23 The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
This is the promise that God has given to all of us that believe. How do we give glory to God in this on a daily basis?
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