If Abraham, the father of faith, walked the earth today, we probably would have called him a fool. You’d hear conversations like:
“Wait, you said God called you?”
“What exactly did He ask you to do?”
“Okay… where exactly did He call you to go?”
“What do you mean you don’t know?”
“Hold on. He asked you to leave everything familiar and just start going?”
“And you’re actually going?”
“Abraham, are you sure about this?”
“If there’s truly a God speaking to you, shouldn’t He at least give you a clear plan?”
“Oh, you trust Him?”
“Alright then. I’ll be here when you realise this is foolishness.”
“Wait… what do you mean you’ll be the father of nations?”
“At your age?”
“And Sarah too?”
“Lol, Abraham, please be serious.”
“Oh, you still believe God?”
“Interesting.”
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“Oh wow, you finally have a child?”
“Wait… from Sarah?”
“Sarah Sarah?”
“Not the surrogate child?”
“Oh wow.”
“So God actually did what He promised?”
“Hmmm… interesting.”
“Hold on. What did you just say?”
“Your God asked you to sacrifice your son?”
“Abraham… are you okay?”
“No seriously, are you okay?”
“You waited years for this promised child and now God wants him back?”
“And you’re willing to do it?”
“You didn’t even tell Sarah?”
“Not even Isaac?”
“Look… you and your God, I honestly don’t understand.”
“Oh, you’re back.”
“Wait… is that Isaac?”
“I thought you said he was going to be sacrificed?”
“Oh, God provided a substitute?”
“…Right.”
“You know what? I’m done arguing with you.”
“Actually… can you introduce me to this God?”
“Because I need some impossible miracles in my life too.”
The truth is, faith has always looked foolish to people who only understand certainty.
Noah built before rain came.
Moses stretched a rod over water.
Peter stepped onto waves.
Jesus died looking defeated.
Even on the cross, people mocked Him:
“If You are truly the Son of God, come down.”
But faith has never been about having full details. It has always been about trusting the One who speaks.
So when people call you foolish for obeying God, remember: they probably would have called Abraham foolish too.
If God said it, He will do it. Hold on to His Word; He never fails.
