Abraham
had picked up a golden key marked "faith.” By it he opened heaven. Men
of genius are as rare as icicles in summer. Abraham was not one of
them. God is not the chairman of an exclusive club for intellectuals,
but He keeps His front door open for anybody. He would never deprive
Himself of the love of the millions in preference to the
one-in-a-million genius. To have the love of the vast mass of mankind,
the means had to be different. He makes Himself known to those who look
up to Him in child-like hope. Abraham learned to trust God, and it
revealed to him the paths of peace. In his day, cities existed by
military might, founded on bloodshed. God gave Abraham a new vision, of a
city of peace, whose "builder and maker was God" (Hebrews 11:10). His
eyes scanned far horizons indeed. He was the first to discern the paths
of righteousness, paths "in the sea" and ways in the wilderness. The
paths of righteousness and peace have been found. They are marked and
known. If we traced them back, they would bring us to the flattering
tent door of Abraham, where God said to him, "Walk before me and be
perfect" (Genesis 17:1). God bless you. REINHARD BONNKE
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