OBEY BY FAITH

Hebrews 11:8

It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.

Have you ever wondered why parents don’t trust their kids with the big things? It's probably because when they gave their children responsibilities to do something small, their kids didn’t obey the instructions completely. God wants to entrust us with the many blessings that He prepared for us from the beginning of time, but people just never seem able to fully obey His instructions. There's a World War II story about a request that Great Britain sent to Australia to build warships. The Australians chose not to build ships, but instead sowed seeds with the intent to reap a great harvest and send food to it's motherland. Well, the incredible harvest came in and it was time to send the grain to Great Britain as help, but there were no ships available to move the grain. Eventually, mice got to the waiting grain and soon after made their way to towns, villages and cities, carrying diseases with them that would damage people’s eyes with blindness. The moral of this story is that an intended blessing can be a curse without obedience when basic instructions aren’t followed. When we do choose to obey, however, the blessings and the joy are entrusted without fail.