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By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. (NIV) Hebrews 11:8

Abraham stepped out from his own house, hometown, familiar situation, his own people and comfort zone to unknown. To just obey God, Abraham had to take the risk of leaving familiar situations to unknown territory. God called him to go to a place but He did not reveal the name of the place where he had to go. But Abraham simply stepped out from his house. This is called faith. Faith is taking risk for God by trusting him. Abraham took the risk and stepped out. That’s why he got the promised land and became the father of faith.

God called us to live a life in His supernatural potential. He wants each one of us partner with Him in everything. For example, Jesus gave us authority to heal the sick, cast out demons and proclaim gospel. We do not need to wait to see these kinds of supernatural things. We need to simply take the risk and step out to pray for somebody who is sick. We need to take the risk and step out to prophesy over a stranger. Jesus could not heal everyone. We do not need to worry about result. But we need to take the risk and step out in faith. Many of us want to see God’s miracles and many of us wish that God may use us powerfully, but the breakthrough will come if we take risk and the first step. The spirit of familiarity, fear and comfort zone is the greatest enemy of faith. Let us overcome them. Take the risk. Step out from the comfort zone. Miracles will follow us when we step out by faith.

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