I know you can do anything. When that doesn't show through my actions, I pray that you would help me get there. My head knows it, but it's harder to actually live that way. I pray you would help me with my unbelief!
Love,
Romans 4
Basically, Abraham has righteousness because of faith and belief, not works. Not even circumcision. That came after the believing and crediting as righteousness. Nothing we do can ever make us right with God. Only trusting Him will do it.
Abraham is the father of all who trust Jesus, whether they are circumcised or not. Funny how Paul omits the people who are circumcised but don't trust God.
Abraham didn't get it through the law, either. The law was a different thing altogether.
"Where there is no law, there is no transgression." That's an interesting statement. I suppose you can't break the law if there is no law. But God has a law in each of us.
Look at this example Abraham sets for us. He fully believed that God would do what he said he would do (even though he laughed). He was positive that God could do anything! So we need to believe that God can do anything. How often do we fully believe that God will come through? That God will give us the strength needed to do what needs to be done through us? That God will do what he will with the circumstances we face?