Last week, we began a series based on Hebrews 11 about what faith does. Let’s pick up that series again this week and start in verse 11. There, the Bible reads, “By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.” The Hebrew writer says something amazing and powerful happened through Sarah’s faith. An older couple past the age of childbearing became the ancestors of innumerable people!
Faith trusts that God will fulfill His promises—promises that are simply beyond our ability to bring about, like forgiveness and eternal life. Faith calls us to do what we can—follow God—and to trust in God to do what we cannot. Genuine faith is powerful because it points us to God’s power.