The joy on a child’s face when their parent returns from a journey with a special gift is something to behold. Even before the package is opened, there’s pure excitement and trust. The child doesn’t question what’s inside or doubt if they’ll like it – they simply trust their parent’s love and judgment completely.

Yet as believers, we don’t always trust our Father in Heaven in this way, We often trust people more than we trust God. We easily believe our parents, spouses, or even friends when they make promises, but when God speaks, we begin to analyze, doubt, and question.

From the examples we have in scripture, there was a man who understood what it meant to trust God completely – Abraham.

Genesis 12:1, 4
New King James Version
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.

4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And

Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

The depth of Abraham’s faith is remarkable. Here was a man who didn’t just talk about trusting God – he demonstrated it with every step he took. Whether God’s instructions made sense to his natural mind or not, Abraham’s response remained the same: complete obedience.

Think for a moment about the magnitude of this decision. Abraham wasn’t just moving to a neighboring city or even a known country. He was leaving everything familiar – his homeland, his relatives, his father’s house – all the security and comfort he had known for seventy-five years. In those days, leaving one’s family meant leaving one’s identity, protection, and inheritance. Yet Abraham chose to trust God’s voice over these earthly securities.

Imagine seeing a neighbor packing up and asking, “Where are you moving?” He replies, “I don’t know; God will show me.”

When you ask, “Which direction—north, south, east, or west?” he answers, “I don’t know; God will show me.”

This might seem strange, but it’s just like Abraham, who followed God’s command to leave his country without knowing where he was going. Despite the uncertainty, he obeyed with courage.

Genesis 18:10
New King James Version
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”

Consider the weight of this promise. In a culture where having children was everything, where barrenness was seen as a curse, God promised what seemed to be the impossible. Sarah was well past childbearing age, and Abraham himself was old. The logical mind would say this was impossible. But Abraham’s faith wasn’t rooted in logic – it was anchored in the character of the One who made the promise.

Isaac was born many years after this promise was made, but Abraham trusted in God, knowing that as long as God had said it, then it would be. He might not have known how it would be as both he and his wife were advanced in age, but he believed regardless. His faith was in God, not in the situation of things.

Genesis 22:1-3
New King James Version
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Abraham was ready to sacrifice the very child he had waited on God for many years, a child whom he loved deeply. The writer of Hebrews explains in Hebrews 11 that Abraham had faith that if God could give Isaac to him in his old age, He would raise him from the dead.

Picture this elderly father, who had waited a hundred years for this son, rising early to gather wood for a sacrifice – his own beloved child. Every step of that three-day journey must have tested his faith to its limits. Yet Abraham’s trust in God was so complete that he believed God could raise Isaac from the dead. This wasn’t blind faith – it was faith built on years of experiencing God’s faithfulness. Abraham had learned that God’s promises, no matter how impossible they seemed, were more reliable than what his eyes could see.

What a mindset to have! What great faith, indeed!

Dear believer, can this be said concerning you? That you can have faith in the Lord, regardless of everything else? Can you boldly obey every instruction God gives to you whether it makes sense or not, just like Abraham did?

Meditate on this, and check deep in your heart if you truly trust the Lord. Have you followed every instruction he has given you since the beginning of the year?

Remember, the God of Abraham is your God too! There is nothing too big for him to do, he specializes in the impossible. So, it is time to stop seeing things based on your circumstances and trust in God completely.

Prayer Point: Father, help me trust in you with everything I have. In all situations, help me to follow your instructions boldly and keep my focus on you.