Hebrews 11:8-10 BSB
“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. 9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.”
I am in the process of working my way through Hebrews, chapter 11, the Faith Chapter of the Bible. But I am not going to cover it all verse by verse. But I will try to cover certain people and certain aspects of their faith, and what that faith looked like, and how it is an example to us who are of faith.
By Faith Abraham
Again, faith in God, in Jesus Christ, results in obedience to God and to his commands or it is not biblical faith. So Abraham, a man of God, when God called him to go to a particular place, he obeyed God, even without knowing where he was going. Have you ever experienced that in your life? I have. Sometimes it is just the Lord leading you in a direction, one step at a time, but you not knowing what the end result will be. So you do what he says, by faith, and you go where he sends you, not knowing what it all will lead to.
The direction isn’t always to a physical location. Sometimes he may just give you a name, or he might visit you in a dream, and so you look up the name, or you let him walk you through the dream to show you what it means. Or he may lead you to talk to a stranger, or to call someone on the phone, or to write someone a letter. You don’t know why, and you don’t know where it will lead, but you follow him, and you do what he says, and you may then see immediately the purpose, or you may not, but still you trust him.
As a Stranger
And Abraham, by faith in the Lord, dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. Has God ever sent you to a foreign country? Or to a city or a state in your own country where you felt like a stranger, an outsider, as though you did not belong? And did you live in temporary housing, like in a tent or in an apartment building with hundreds of other tenants? But did God open any doors of ministry for you there? Did he reveal to you his purpose in sending you there? But even if he didn’t, did you still trust he had a reason?
God doesn’t always give us reasons for why he has us do what he has called us to do or to say or to write, etc. Sometimes we just have to trust him on blind faith, knowing it is him leading, and that his will is to be accomplished through it in some way. It may just be to test our faith and our obedience, and for no other purpose. Or he may have us impact someone else’s life for the Lord without us even knowing about it. But whatever it is, it can’t be against the Scriptures and against God’s expressed will and purpose for us.
For What Reason?
Abraham went with God where he sent him, even though he did not know where he was going, to live in tents as a stranger in a foreign country, why? Because he loved God, and he wanted to obey God, and because his eyes were focused, not on this world, but on God and on his heavenly kingdom. His mind was kingdom focused and not worldly focused. So he was willing to do all God asked out of love for God, and in obedience to his commands, because he was a follower of God who desired to obey the will of God.
And that is the same reason that we should want to obey our Lord, because we love him, and we want to do what pleases him, and because our minds and hearts are kingdom (his kingdom) focused and not worldly focused. We should be willing to go wherever he sends us, and to do whatever he asks of us (within his perfect will), even if we don’t always see the results. For God may use us in ways we may never know about while we live on this earth. And we don’t have to know. We just have to follow his lead and trust Him.
[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Hebrews 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24]
In Faithfulness He Leads Me
Based off Various Scriptures:
(Psalms 26:3; Psalms 86:11; Psalms 91:4-5; Psalms 111:7-8; Psalms 119:73-76; Isaiah 25:1-9; Isaiah 42:6-7; Hosea 2:16-20)
An Original Work / March 20, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Teach me Your ways, Lord, and I’ll walk in them.
Give me a pure heart. I’ll fear Your name.
Your love is always, ever before me.
Continually I’ll walk in Your truth.
You will cover me with feathers.
Under Your wings I’ll find refuge.
My Lord’s faithfulness will be my
Comfort and my shield.
The works of His hands are faithful and just.
Trustworthy are all of His precepts.
Your hands have made me, and they have formed me.
Give understanding of Your commands.
I have put my hope, O Lord, in Your word.
Your teachings, O Lord, are righteousness.
Lord, in faithfulness You have
Afflicted me so I may learn of
Your unfailing love and comfort
And Your truthfulness.
You are my husband; You have betrothed me
In love, compassion and faithfulness.
O Lord, You are my God, I’ll exalt You.
In faithfulness You’ve done wondrous things.
You’ve been a refuge for those who’re needy;
A shelter in storms; shade from the heat.
This is the Lord, we trusted in Him,
Let us be glad and rejoice
In His salvation which He
Provided through the Lamb.
Open the blind eyes; free all the captives.
Tell them of Jesus: “Be born again!”
A Man of Faith
An Original Work / July 8, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Walking Wounded 