ELOGOS for Tuesday

​Romans 4: 20-22
No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith “was reckoned to him as righteousness.”
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Abraham's faith was remarkable. Without prior history, without revered elders telling stories around night fires in the desert, without a legacy of promises, Abraham stood at the tent flap, wrapped in bedouin cloths, looking at a jeweled velvet night and said, you've got me. How he lived out that faith would be much less than perfect, but it wasn't about being perfectly faithful and doing things right. It is how we respond when someone nudges you or pokes you. Our instinct says to flee. Faith leans in and says, okay...you've got me. Let's walk this piece of road together. Even if it feels like wandering for a time, it still is not the destination, but the ones who we are granted the privilege of knowing and to whom we allow ourselves to be known. God is good.
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Holy God, you've got me. Amen.