We all know that faith claims and accepts deliverance. But here (Heb 11:35) it is stated that faith at times rejects deliverance. And perhaps the faith that rejects deliverance is greater than the faith that accepts it!
This “faith chapter’ is full of rejections. Abel refused to offer a sacrifice that would please his brother—and forfeited his life. Was he the loser?
Noah refused to listen to those who must have ridiculed him for building an ark. He was “out of step” with his generation for 120 years. Was his choice wise?
Abraham refused to let natural desire (to spare Isaac) interfere with God’s plain command. So he offered up Isaac,” in his heart! The reward? God restored Isaac to him as one that had been reaised from the dead—and promised him greater blessings than before (Gen 22:16-18).
Moses refused the wealth and honor that was his as the Prince of Egypt. He chose to “suffer affliction with the people of God” and thus received from God “Greater riches than the treasure in Egypt.”
It takes a person with great faith to reject “deliverances” that interfere with a “better resurrection.”
--George E. Failing
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