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Is it hard for you to make decisions without knowing some aspect of what’s going to happen next?  Consider what God asked Abraham to do:

1. Leave his support system, church, and extended family behind without any clear understanding of what the experience would be like; and
2. Sacrifice one of his children.

And, God found Abraham faithful.

When the writers of Scripture wanted a model of faith, their eyes almost always turned to Abraham.  In fact, he occupies nearly half the space in our “Faith” chapter (Hebrews 11).  Other men and women lived lives of impressive faith, but no one’s faith is celebrated like Abraham’s.

Abraham is the greatest hero of faith before Jesus and “the father of all who believe” (Romans 4:11)—who should be celebrated this Father’s Day!

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Moses’ life fell into three forty-year periods, marked by these key themes:

1. Apart from God:  Moses was raised in Egypt as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter
2. Questioning God’s Call:  Moses escaped to Midian after murdering an Egyptian (to defend an Israelite)
3. Led God’s People:  Moses led the Exodus from Israel then in the wilderness

Can you relate to any of these phases?  What can you do to demonstrate confidence in God where are you are today?

Moses’ journey—especially in questioning God’s call—can be compared to that of Thomas Edison, the great inventor.  Edison once suffered a great loss when his labs in New Jersey were destroyed by a fire in 1914.  Walking through the rubble of what had once been his workplace, the 67-year-old said, “There is great value in disaster. All of our mistakes are burned up. Thank God, we can start anew.” Like Edison, Moses was given opportunity to start anew and he successfully completed the assignment God gave him.

The faith of Moses brings us to the place of enduring confidence in God through a difficult season or an entire lifetime.

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