**It took no effort for Abraham to have faith.**
Let’s look at some instances where Jesus Christ acknowledged faith:
Mark 3:5 “When Jesus SAW their faith..” (the men that lowered the palsied man down through the roof).
Jarius believed that he HAD to ask Jesus to lay his hands on his daughter in order for her to be healed and live. Jesus saw the man’s faith, or he wouldn’t have bothered to go to his house and perform the miracle.
The woman with the issue of blood believed that she HAD to make physical contact with Jesus. Jesus FELT her faith, saying “Who touched me?”
Peter showed faith by walking on the water....even though he wavered and started to sink, and the Lord said to him, “O ye of little faith..”.....the faith that Peter showed is still impressive to me.
By the testamony of the woman from Canaan, who wouldn’t take no for an answer, saying that the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the master’s table, Jesus replied: “For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter”. Mark 7:29
The centurian heard of Jesus, sent elders of the Jews with his request to heal his servant. His testamony, of speaking the word only, so impressed the Lord that he responded to the people around him: “I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel”.
This disecting of faith to the point that it applies to the mind or heart in full effect, without a physical reaction, doesn’t match the Lord’s faith recognition in the above cases.
**Because Abraham had faith, he made the effort.**
If he hadn’t made the effort, his faith would have been vain.
John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Think of it this way...If Abraham never moved he would not have faith. It would be distrust or disbelief. He moved because he believed God. He believed God’s promise to him because God called him.
Who is the author of Abraham’s faith and movements?