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Genesis 12:6

Genesis 12:6

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The gap between God's promise and its visible fulfilment is immediately apparent: God promised the land to Abram's offspring, but the land is already occupied by the Canaanites. Faith must live in the tension between what God has said and what eyes can see. Abram walks by faith, not by sight.

Memory phrase: Faith means trusting God's promise when eyes see the opposite.

Talk about it: God promised Abram the land, but other people already lived there. Would that have discouraged you? Why did Abram keep going?

Prayer: God, when what I can see looks very different from what You have promised, help me keep walking by faith.

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