Trust and Go! - July 12, 2020

Trust and Go!

Pastor Jayson Martindale

Text: Genesis 12:1-4

Thesis: “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” 

 - Hebrews 11:8

1. 
   Abraham was called by God to go into the unknown.
2. The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you (Genesis 12:1).”
3. 
   Trusting God means following his will without knowing the outcome. 
4. Example: A young pastor at a small town church. 
5. “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going (Hebrews 11:8).” 
6. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6).”
7. “Your faith must extend the lead in your pencil (Quoted by Chuck Ryan).”
8. 
   Abraham was promised a blessing for following God’s call.
9. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing (Genesis 12:2).”
10. 
    If we are doing God’s will, he will meet all of our needs. 
11. “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him (Matthew 6:7-8).”
12. Example: George Müller. 
13. “George Müller takes thought of the orphan, and has accomplished in his own way a substantial work that must secure for him the respect of all good men, whatever may be the form of their religious faith.” -Charles Dickens
14. “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).”

III. Abraham chose to follow God, when he had every reason not to. 

1. “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran (Genesis 12:4).”
2. 
   If we are doing what God asks us to do, we can trust him with the outcome. 
3. Example: Olive Winchester
4. 
   Abraham Waited 25 years to see the beginning of God’s promise fulfilled.
5. “Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him (Genesis 21:1-4).”
6. “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be (Romans 4:18).”
7. 
   Let us trust God and go to the people and places that need his unyielding love!
8. ...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6).”