About the most famous aspect of faith that people love to talk about is that which leads to conquest and possession. No doubt, taking the mountains and doing exploits cannot be discounted in the school of faith. However, this is just a part of the picture. In Hebrews 11 where we are introduced to men and women of faith, there are three categories of faith that can be discerned. The first one has already been mentioned – faith for exploits. “And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again….” Hebrews 11:32-35 NKJV

Faith does not mean having the full picture of issue at hand; it means obeying God with our little steps within the limits of present light, while trusting Him to fix the rest.

The second aspect of faith covers what we forfeit as opposed to gaining. Moses was an example of this. “By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter” Hebrews 11:24 NKJV. The third and final aspect of faith is what our text is focusing on – it is obeying God even when we don’t have the full picture. God demanded that Abraham should sacrifice his son. He went out to obey without knowing how things would end. Faith does not mean having the full picture of issue at hand; it means obeying God with our little steps within the limits of present light, while trusting Him to fix the rest.