And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6 ESV)
Belief
Abraham was not a righteous man. Scripture contains stories of Abraham’s lies, Abraham’s faithlessness, Abraham’s cowardice, Abraham’s slowness, and Abraham’s sins.
But God enabled Abraham to do one thing amazingly well. Abraham believed. Abraham made a choice to follow God. Abraham made a decision to trust His Lord. Abraham made a profession of faith. Abraham, like Thomas in the New Testament, said, “I believe.”
God enabled Abraham to believe because God loved Abraham.
Abraham’s belief, that which led Him to a covenant relationship with the One True Living God, occurred because God first loved Abraham.
And God loves the rest of His children like that, too. He loves, so we believe!