Heroes in Business - Faith of Abraham

Episode Date: February 14, 2022

Dr. Sarah Sun Liew shares Abraham's faith and vision of God in this episode of Today America and The World. 

Hi everyone, thank you for coming to this church. Today is January 16, 2022. I already go through today's Bible, Genesis 12, 1 and 9. So just today, I just wanted to share these new years that Abraham's faith and Abraham's vision. So, what differentiation that Abraham's vision and our vision, that's the one I just wanted to go through. So, this Bible Genesis is talking about so many places, Abraham's calling, how Abraham's, you know, receiving calling. That's the today's Genesis 12 was calling by Abraham called like God. So we, this is Abraham's story, it's so famous,

so I don't want to detail talk to you because you already know about that. I don't want to detail talk to you because you already know about that. But the things I want to over, you know, that review Abraham's life, what he is, you know, theme of Abraham's face. Abraham appear as, you know, especially our bottle of face. You know, he's like our normal that of how we can, you know, live in Christian life. So that's why today especially we already go over that, read today's Bible, chapter 1 and 9, Abraham's background before, you know, at Haran, you know, his age is 75 years old. At 75 years old, he had an old comfort zone which is his father and land and all things. But one day, God called him Abraham's.

I promise you I'll make your name great. You will be blessed. All nations will be blessed. And then, you know, your name will be great. So, and then you know your name will great and then someone will cross you and they will be

cross they will be cross who will bless they will be blessed so he is of God giving vision to him that blessing gateway and then

the national father and then also his name great. So those and then also promised land again on. So this is like his vision that vision statement like mission statement. That is not

Abraham's mission statement but that is God's mission statement that we can, because God promised not only Abraham's, to our life also we have each person have a mission statement from God, which is God had to us mission himself, like Abraham's promise. So what promise do you receive from your life that everyone can receive the promise like Moses, David, Joseph? Everyone had those God's mission statement, but however, you know, it is not easy to come to those mission statements. So today, I want to overview how those missions,

God's mission, can come through by the father of Abraham, that are, you know, nation's father, Abraham. So what we can

learn through those God's dreams and between human obedience through that, you know, in Bible today's truth, certain we can go over that

things. First, Abraham when receiving his missions, you know, a lot of people, many people, they pray deeply and then they receiving their mission statement from God. God had to give dreams.

But many, many people, not like obedience, like right away actions, because it's not like obedience, like right away actions because it's not easy because God said to Abraham, go out you know and leave

your home country. So God does not appear him to face to face and then said to him, why you not go? If that easy way to, you know, God talk to every person,

maybe we can easy decide about this is God is spiritual. God is not really fear us. Just God give us play. God give us heart. God give us something like acknowledge to us what we pray, what the relationship is spiritual, that relationship is God build that spiritual

that, you know, here that Abraham's that, you know, voice of God. So he recognized, even we are not recognized, this is who is voice, but Abraham's faith is he recognized voice of But Abraham's faith is he recognized voice of God. So who

can be recognized voice of God? Only prayer. So you know, the person who God had dreams, you know, it takes so longer time action because they are not recognized voice of God. But the one thing we can

learn that Abraham's face is very recognized the voice of God which is God, when God called him, he listened right away and whatever God gave direction he just go for it

because God gave exactly direction to go to the leave the home country and go to the promised land, Ghana. So this one we can learn that because faith is not just coming accident, because that Abraham's faith, when God commandment or God's commitment to him that he is ready to obedience. So how about us? So when you

God asking something, even your parents asking something, maybe husband and wife asking something, you so thoughtful, you so thoughtful maybe you do not action. So we learn from Abraham's faith first that actions, action is

so commitment. So people, they hear the voice, they acknowledge God's dreams, God's vision, God's mission statement, they receive about however they are not reaction, not away,

but they are so afraid to react because that is a spiritual commandment from God. But Abraham's faith is even that is spiritual, even that is God's 100%, God's own decision. But because Abraham does not decision, because God selected Abraham, God is selected. So we have to remember that God's own decision that selected the leaders. And then, you know, but

that time Abraham said, Oh God, no, no, no, no, no, I don't want to go leave or, you know, it's too dangerous to travel. Like you see that Abraham, or, you know, it's too dangerous to travel. Like, you see that Abraham's life always, you know, starting point, like immigrant life, like so difficult in America. Same thing, Abraham's living immigrant life, you know, all over place that he just living first stage, living in the tent and caring for the sheep.

So this is not an easy way. He knows my little bit of future, how he has to overcome that. So same thing like we had people who had a goddess give some dream, but we really had actions, then we can all obtain those. And another thing is Abraham's life, that second, you know, he was

worshipped, you know, worshipped everywhere. So in the Bible, chapter 12, Genesis 12, 1-9, there is how many times to say about God had made altar. So altar is like in the Old Testament, you know, there is the worship place. They make altar first.

And then, you know, so his lifestyle is a really worship God. So nowadays worship is, we have a Sunday service that we are called worship. But that times, you know, there is generation to generation from Moses, from Abraham, from the generation to the, until the Jewish and Old Testament, New Testament. They have lots of, you know, the opening styles there, many, many different names.

But however, you know, the thing is that God is always in communication when they worship, and then God is receiving those worships as, you know, the acknowledged God. So that's the lifestyle of Abraham. He always acknowledged God and always decided to make by God, not himself. So we learn to that because Abraham always go anywhere he goes. First what he does, you know, he makes altar and he worships God. So that's why he blesses.

So God's blessing is from the worship God. You know, worship anywhere you go, whatever you go, because that is first what Abraham did. Meaning, Abraham knows that the father of the nations, father of blessing nations, father of the blessing gateway, what he also receiving blessing from God, that because of the worship everywhere, that's the, that's the Abraham's, the Christianity, Abraham's lifestyle, always recognize the God, that is we can see that Abraham's leadership. And as well as, you know, there is Abraham's another things we can learn from the Genesis,

you know, Genesis 13, next chapter, Abraham, you know, Abraham had many, many possessions. They have more like a sheep, more things they carry in one small land. So Abraham recognized that they need to divide to management by Abraham and, you know, locks. So they separate in the chapter Genesis 13. Genesis 13, first verse, you know, we can look at there.

Abraham's was like a sacrifice. Abraham giving all his decision to God, which one is it? He does not selected his promised land first. But Abraham asking his cousin, Lord, nephew or nephew, niece, nephew, Lord, asking to whatever you choose, Sodom or Gomorrah, I will choose another way. So, you know, the Lord chose Sodom and Gomorrah, and of those selections, He was, you know, He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah by God, and ended up, because He looked at Sodom and Gomorrah so bright,

so, you know, wonderful place to take and ready in the material part. You know, the thing is, Abraham was gave, you know, giving his choice to first his law, giving, choose you first

and then, you know, his left one, he choose that which is God's promised land, Canaan. he's left, left one, he choose that which is that God's promised land, Gennan, but that time, Gennan is nothing like a very wide land, it's not like Sodom and Gomorrah, Sodom and Gomorrah like looking, looking like a very city, like a very good building, like very good people, it's like a lot of merchant, lot very good people, like a lot of merchants, a lot of things happening, but in the Ghanian, it's just like

a wild place, still not underdeveloped place. So, but the things is the choice of that we are daily choice, every daily, the choice is today is effective tomorrow.

So we effective our first choice to today. So through the Abraham's faith, I think I like that Abraham's because his decision is giving to God because this action what he did, that is my life is chosen by God. So that's why whatever you know, the

nephew choose, whatever that is God's way, whatever that choose, you know, God, whatever my decision, whatever God will remain, that is God's decision. So I tell you, if the Lord example,

another awful part, maybe Abraham was choose Sodom and Gomorrah, and then Lord is choose Kenya, maybe the Canaan is promised land, all the blessing go to the Lord. But anyway, the God was

anyway, we learn that even the situation whatever situation even maybe even Abraham know that if Lord is choose Gennon oh I lost all the opportunity to all the God's promise

blessing but anyway still he give to Lord to give to selection for whatever the you know, finally. That is God is looking for heart that Abraham's heart to he serve his, you know, nephew that first. That's why he blessing. So many people we are living, you know, this world, so many conflicted. You know, they want to be number one all the time.

But we learn from the Abraham's faith that we don't have to be number one in this world. We have to be number one in God, for God, with God. So whatever the God, people looking, you think the number one just out of fear, but we as creatures, just our appearance, but we as creatures, just look at Abraham's face that we have to look over that God's number one people. But that God's

promise that we are come to that become we are number one God's person, number one in God, for God, with God. That's the one thing we can learn from Abraham's life. So another thing, you know, Abraham's life will bring another next generation faith. son, Ajax's Ajax's wife,

then he his servant go to the old way, his home country, and then bring the Libga. So we know the Libga, you know, how she was also same commitment. Because when the

Abraham's servant asking Rebukah to, you know, my Lord wants you be, you know, my Lord Abraham's son, Ajax's wife. But Rebukah exactly showed to, you know, she does not say to, oh, no, no, no, I'm not going to go out. I'm not going to leave my father and mother. I'm married here. She does not do it. She really, really save like Abraham's.

Because Abraham's daughter, Beth, you know, send it to his servant to his home country and bring his daughter-in-law. In those processes, that is also where we live God's faith. We are similar like Abraham. So God bless those similar peoples, like same peoples, they are one group, like family, father, mother, children, and those influence all the leadership of Abraham. those ways, live God's faith, we can learn that, like commitment, a lot of ways, when she read a

calling and know that, you know, this is God's calling, she recognized a lot of ways. That's why she's able to be like blessing, you know, and then born generation to generation

from her, you know to generation, in the Bible already is there. Sarah and Jacob and then also Isaac and then Livga. All the Isaac and Livga is another story. So I think that is the Abraham space that transforms even a prospect daughter-in-law. So, and Abraham's faith influenced his wife, Sarah, and then son, Ajak. We know that the miracle, you know, happening to Sarah. It was my laughing when the angel said to, you will have a baby, but you know, she laughing, but anyway, God

see the Abraham's face and give those, you know, promise that God, God's son that take, you know, Isaac. So, we see those Abraham's leadership, employers,

their family, their wife and son, you know, when the, another that the obedience, that we learn from the obedience, Abraham's leadership that 100% obedience. So, people we are often not 100% obedience because we

think about our first and then maybe second God's obedience which is conditional. Like we think this is good, that is good, and conditionally we are like sub-God, but

but in Abraham's face it's unconditionally. Like God's characters you know, all go for Abraham's. Abraham's character is good to his son, Jacob's, you know, Ajax. And then Joseph's, all generation to generation, they had heritage mission. That serve God, like even, you know, Isaac was giving his all the body when Abraham's giving to God, to burn offering. Abraham, those stories really we are learn from Abraham's life that you know, he's

best his position like one day, like example, you have like 10 buildings or you have really really 20 years, 30 years you waiting those sons the more valuable the building right? So

God does not ask in building any position what Abraham had. Maybe Abraham said, okay, I give you God, but the things God is asking, the things even we are not comparable to those son and daughter, any our material blessing. So God is asking those Ajah, give it to me, kill him in front of me at the altar in the Moriah mountain.

So that time, Abraham's no questionary, bringing those, his son, only one son, he is one of the samples, like a sample of Jesus Christ, you know, obedience. like a sample of Jesus Christ, you know, obedience. But God would prepare their ships that we are the symbol of God, Jesus Christ. We see those Abraham's obedience, and we see Jacob's, you know, we see Isaac's, you know, Jacob's, Joseph's, all those generation to generation, Isaac's faith also transformed, you know, Rebukah, Rebukah's faith transformed,

Jacob's, Joseph's, all the places that, you know, generation to generation, those faiths come true from Abraham's faith. So that's why those Abraham's lifestyle, Ovidius 100%, to God, that is our blessing call, because God, God giving practice to Abraham's,

those risk part, it's risk. You know, we have like someone give you lemon, that in America is lemon, is very, lemon is not in America, lemon is very, lemon is not like sweet, right? So,

you know, people giving lemon, they mean in Korea or America, Korean is good, but America, lemon is not that good thing. But once you give lemon, that Abraham's lifestyle

make lemonade. Lemonade, so make something valuable, what he's suffering. Those times that Abraham gave his son, only one son, that God breathed again and again and again

and again, more, more, more. So, that's the, you know, today we are learning that Abraham's faith, that there is many, many Abraham's life or style, we can have it. But anyway, so you know, we have a certain, you know, the seed that those few things to Abraham. Always Abraham's obedience to God does not just say yes.

Commitment and actions and then real true, true story. He make not just, you know, cloud or not just thinking. So, so many people we are now years. We plan like 20, 30 things, but there is a commitment we needed to do. So, you know, but we can learn through Abraham's life to God leads him to blessing point. So, this 2022, so we

just, what we can do 100%, we are, you know, follow God's direction, what the you know, what God give you direction to pray. So, if you not pray, you don't know the direction, what the, you know, what God give you direction to pray. So if you not pray, you don't know the direction, but God exactly give Abraham's direction, where you go, even go to the, you know, promised land, Canaan, I give you that.

So you might listen those things. So that's why my husband and me, we are also listing all the prayers list this year, last year, even all year to year, but we see that all the years is very important moment to, we are putting there, we are promised today, you know, offering

promise all the month to month, and then we promise do this, do this, do this, buy you, you know, you things, you things for God. And then, you know, we have all the plans, God, that is step have to leave, like Abrams leave Haran's and Abrams, you know, giving his only one son, Ajax. And then, you know, so many things we see that Abrams, but God does not asking everything like miracle. not asking everything like miracle, but God give us test that we have to pass those test to Guru. So this is, you know, 2020, 2021 and 2022, we have still COVID-19. So this is one of our Guru test. So we can overcome because of God's blessing.

Abraham had so suffered in his life, sometimes many, many disadvantageous things happening, even faithful person, we are living in the country, we are living in peoples, we are living in the country, we are living peoples, we are living in the world, not we are only living spiritual life. So, but Abraham's overcome everything, in God, neither God, for God. So not only Abraham, so many, we have so many people's leadership that transformed Abraham's family to family, generation to generation. Because of his heritage mission, everyone, you know, he gave all the, you know, choice to his nephew, Lot. So that's all the things we, this is amazing things, not like ordinary people, not their things to do.

But, you know, Abraham did so many things, good things in Bible, like a role model to us, like giving his only son, like God. So his level of faith is like God give us to only one begotten son, Jesus Christ. Like Abraham, sure through Abraham's life, he also giving only begotten son to Asia, to God. So God, that's why

he become like great, great faithful person and our role model, and we followed his leadership. So there is many, many people had leaders in our Bible story, Bible corner to corner. We have so many, so many amazing leadership, but the first person in the real role model to Abraham.

So I wish to do this today. Sometimes we more and more follow the commitment to God. Just not in prayer, not only prayer. Without action, nothing happens. So we have to be action. We have to commit something, what we have planned. So daily, daily pray, daily, you know, doing something, do list, make a do list, you know, every day. And then do each time, feel like you are success.

You know, if you don't plan, nothing success. If, you know, God have everything already given to you. You just find those treasure every day. Be happy, God. Love God. And then that's the number one you should do. Let's pray.