The Divine Continuality of History

Faith often begins where our explanations fail. In Genesis 15, Abraham stands between God’s promise of a son and the reality that he still has no heir. What he sees does not seem to match what God has said.

In this moment, Abraham voices his questions, but he does not remain in them. He moves from reasoning about the situation to repenting of his wrong thinking to resting in what God declares. The passage shows how salvation works when we turn to God by abandoning our own explanation and trusting God’s way.