Tuesday 6 November 2012

Genesis 22



 "Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death."
{Hebrews 11:19}  (NIV1984

For years, worshipers of the LORD God, read Genesis 22 and wondered, “How could Abraham submissively and worshipfully sacrifice his son to God?” What a blessing it is to all of us to have the Holy Spirit tell us what was going through Abraham’s mind. The Spirit, through the writer to the Hebrews, tells us that Abraham thought about what he was asked to do. As he thought about the ‘clear’ direction God had given him, and as he thought about the promise of God fulfilled in the life of his son that he was now being asked to destroy, he ‘reasoned’ that God could raise the dead. 

Resurrection had not yet happened in Scripture. But as he considered who God was, His character as the promise-keeper, His capability as the Most High God who created everything and who could not do wrong, Abraham came to the conclusion that God would bring Isaac back from the dead. And then because of this belief in his mind, he made extensive preparations, took the long journey, and proceeded to sacrifice his son. In two words: by faith. So much for faith being blind! Faith is based on the promises of God and the Person of God behind the promises. A person who believes the promises of God, and knows the Person of God, worships God by being willing to give up anything for God, even the child they love.

Oh friend, may we today lay one thing/one person that we love, on the spiritual alter before our God. May we approach Him with hearts full of adoration and thanksgiving, ready to sacrifice that which is dear to us, in obedience to Him.

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