Faith is often misunderstood as only an agreement. We may think it's about believing the right things, checking the right theological boxes, or nodding along to truths we've heard our whole lives. But Paul reminds us in Galatians 3 that Abraham's faith was something far more lived than that. The text says that "Abraham believed God." That belief is revealed in the Bible not just in Abraham's thoughts, but also in his actions.
Abraham trusted God enough to move. Enough to leave what was familiar to him. Enough to walk forward without a map, timeline, or proof that all would work out for him. His faith wasn't a certainty. It was a trust. And trust almost always involves risk.
I'm sure most of us would prefer a faith that feels safer than that. When faith demands more of us than we expect, that's often when resistance begins. We want clarity before obedience and reassurance before surrender. We want God to explain the plan before we take the step. But faith doesn't always work out that way. Faith begins where our control ends. 
Active trust doesn't mean we never doubt or ask questions. I imagine Abraham had plenty of both. Faith means choosing to incline our hearts toward God even when the path ahead is unclear. It is waking up each day and deciding again that God is trustworthy.
Galatians reminds us that righteousness is not earned by getting everything right. We see it develop as we learn to trust the One who is faithful. And that trust slowly reshapes how we walk.
In that sense, faith is not a passive agreement. It is an active reliance on the Lord. It is choosing to keep walking with God even when the next step is the only one we can see.
Stay blessed...john | 
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