When Doubt Meets Faith

How Abraham’s Journey Teaches You to Keep Going Even When You Stumble

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Let’s be honest, sometimes faith feels fragile. You read about these giants of the Bible like Abraham, and it’s easy to think they had unwavering confidence from day one. But when you slow down and actually read the story in Genesis, you see something very different.

Abraham, the man known as the father of our faith, laughed in disbelief when God told him Sarah would have a child. He was 100. She was 90. He didn’t laugh with joy. He laughed because it sounded ridiculous. Sarah did too. In Genesis 17:17, Abraham falls face down and laughs to himself, asking, “How can a man a hundred years old become a father?”

You’ve probably had moments like that. Maybe not about having a kid at 100, but those quiet moments where God’s promises just don’t seem possible. Where what you believe and what you see don’t line up. Where the situation looks too far gone, too broken, too hopeless.

And yet, here’s the twist: the New Testament doesn’t remember Abraham as the guy who laughed at God’s promise. It remembers him as the man who never wavered in faith.

“Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger… He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever He promises.” – Romans 4:20-21 (NLT)

Wait, what? Didn’t he doubt?

Yes, he did. But here’s the key: faith isn’t about never doubting. Faith is about what you do after the doubt.