For a Faith Like Abraham's

Lord, I know what your word says: 

"Abraham believed God." 

Not, "Abraham believed the text."

Not, "Abraham believed a set of precepts."

Not, "Abraham believed a list of propositions."

But "Abraham believed God."

I tend to be dangerously "nominal" in my faith, as A. W. Tozer puts it. But I want a faith like Abraham's, your friend, whose faith rested on your presence, personality, and character. And I sense you drawing me into the reality of your presence. 

Help me to be your man, and not my own; 

to trust you, and not myself or my own strength;

to think your thoughts after you, not my own;

to accomplish your will, not my own.

Not my own--let that phrase characterize me and my all, in Jesus' name, amen.

(illustration by Gustav Doré, Abraham Journeying into the Land of Canaan)