Father Abraham had many sons

and apparently a lot of [spiritual] daughters too. I am one of them. I guess I never realized the theological, no, biblical, meaning behind that song. This week in the Believing God study I have been reminded of Abraham and his faith. Interestingly enough, he comes up in The Inheritance. Both studies I am doing are simultaneous but independent of one another. Abraham's story speaks to me. Not that I am a Hebrew man who lived before Christ who was obeying the Lord by almost sacrificing his son, for whom he had waited so long. However, we have a common thread.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

-Hebrews 11:8

I have felt like this past year God has been dealing with me on obedience. I say "dealing" because it's been Him revealing what I need to do and me being my stubborn former Little self and pouting like a girl. Sometimes over the past year He's basically had to put up a brick wall where there was none so I'd smack into something. And every time that's happened it's been an actual barrier to whatever harebrained situation I had gotten myself into.

So, with obedience being the theme of spring of last year to this spring, I have begun to understand firsthand that obedience begets blessing. And big obedience begets big blessing. Abraham was obedient and while he didn't come into his land of inheritance while he was alive on planet Earth, he will surely see the descendants of his obedient life in heaven.

I have to say that I want to live that kind of life. I want to be obedient. It may not always be pretty, or easy, or comfortable for me or those around me, but the blessing and righteousness that come from it far outweigh whatever earthly obstacle there seems to be.

When I look back through everything I have been through, I see it's all prepared me for this very time in my life. Now, with all that I'm going through now, I can only wonder about what is to come in the future. Sometimes it makes me a little scared. I guess I'd rather be scared and in God's will than comfortable and completely oblivious.