Look to God’s promise not your circumstances.
《在逆境中轉向神》
(Romans 4:18–21)(ESV)
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations (18)
Abraham’s situation looked bleak. God promised him multitudes of descendants, but the only problem was he was well past child producing.
“He considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old).”
He also considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. Not only was Abraham almost 100 years old, but Sarah his wife was very old, and she had never been able to have children her whole life.
How are they going to have children? If Abraham had based his hope on his circumstances he would have given up. But In hope he believed against hope—God’s promise gave him hope in his hopeless situation.
He put his hope in God’s promise, not his circumstances.
We may feel hopelessly unrighteous.
We may feel like God could never forgive us for the sins we have committed, that he would never accept us.
But we must not look at ourselves, just like Abraham didn’t look at himself,
but like Abraham, we must believe God’s promise of grace. He counts me righteous in Christ!
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