When Paul is writing in the book of Romans, he begins to talk about how Abraham was given righteousness by God because of his faith. There is an interesting section in this chapter that stuck out to me. Romans 4:17 says, "As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed - the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not." There are two powerful concepts here. 1) The type of promises our God makes, and 2) the type of God that Abraham had faith in.
In the beginning of the verse, Paul reminds us of scripture when God told Abraham "I have made you a father of many nations." God did not say, "I will try to make you a father of many nations." God declared it to already be so, because He is not restricted to anything, not time or energy or circumstances. God is sovereign over all and He never makes a promise that will not come true. He is all powerful and ruler over all: what can't He make happen? Paul makes sure to remind us that we serve a God that makes promises that are true at all times. God has never made a promise that He has not kept.
Now, we can move on to the type of God that Abraham had faith in. We see that Paul takes time to describe God, saying "The God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not." Paul is showing us that Abraham put his faith in the God who can make dead things live and make things that don't exist come into existence. He rose Jesus and Lazarus from the dead, and He called all of creation into existence out of nothing. There is nothing that God cannot do. He gave Abraham (99 years old) and Sarah (89 years old) Isaac when they were far beyond years of having children. From that miracle the entire Jewish nation was born. If you are even part Jewish, you are descendant from that miracle. Because God holds true to His promises and has the power that no one else has to do so, the entire Jewish people were born.
I don't know how you view God or what God is like in your head, but I serve the God who spoke all things into existence in Genesis and rose Jesus from the dead in the Gospels. I will always serve the God of Abraham because He is a mighty God who saved me from so many things and will save you as well if you put your trust in Him. How can you trust a God who can't do more than you? It's time to be like Abraham and put our faith into the only Mighty God who lives!
-D
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