Genesis 22:5 ...“The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”
The story of God calling Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, as a burnt offering is one of the greatest statements of faith I have ever heard. In the Scripture above Abraham and Isaac are leaving his servants to go and give the burnt offering and Abraham says something so profound... WE will worship there and WE will be right back! Abraham had absolutely no doubts or lack of faith that God would not make him sacrifice his only son. Abraham knew God would provide the sacrifice if he just showed his faithfulness to God, without hesitation. 8 “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,”... And that is exactly what happened! Abraham had Isaac tied down to be the burnt offering and as he picked up the knife to kill him, God called out to Abraham and tells him he knows that he fears the Lord and to not harm Isaac in anyway. Then Abraham notices the ram that God has put there with them to be the burnt offering instead of Isaac!
Another great story is the faith of Hannah in 1 Samuel, who had been unable to have any children so far . I relate to this one because I feel that Jason and I did the same thing as Hannah on Sunday morning when we took our request for a child to the alter! We bowed down at the alter in front of God and poured our hearts out about our desire to have a baby much in the same way Hannah bowed before God in the tabernacle. Hannah's plea was heard by God and she soon gave birth to a son.
Both of these scriptures today just happened to be my scheduled readings in my Faith daily readings I just started. I believe God is telling me that He will provide a child for us but also that we must be willing to give up that child to God wholeheartedly, if not then we may not become blessed with a child. Don't get me wrong I am not saying I think God will literally ask us to "sacrifice" our child like He asked Abraham but I do believe that He is wanting us to be able to sacrifice our child to Him for whatever calling that may be in the child's life. What I mean by that is their calling to be in mission work away from home, become a preacher (if its a boy), or a teacher, etc. Whatever the case may be God wants us to basically "let go and let God" with the child's life.
The story of God calling Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, as a burnt offering is one of the greatest statements of faith I have ever heard. In the Scripture above Abraham and Isaac are leaving his servants to go and give the burnt offering and Abraham says something so profound... WE will worship there and WE will be right back! Abraham had absolutely no doubts or lack of faith that God would not make him sacrifice his only son. Abraham knew God would provide the sacrifice if he just showed his faithfulness to God, without hesitation. 8 “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,”... And that is exactly what happened! Abraham had Isaac tied down to be the burnt offering and as he picked up the knife to kill him, God called out to Abraham and tells him he knows that he fears the Lord and to not harm Isaac in anyway. Then Abraham notices the ram that God has put there with them to be the burnt offering instead of Isaac!
Another great story is the faith of Hannah in 1 Samuel, who had been unable to have any children so far . I relate to this one because I feel that Jason and I did the same thing as Hannah on Sunday morning when we took our request for a child to the alter! We bowed down at the alter in front of God and poured our hearts out about our desire to have a baby much in the same way Hannah bowed before God in the tabernacle. Hannah's plea was heard by God and she soon gave birth to a son.
Both of these scriptures today just happened to be my scheduled readings in my Faith daily readings I just started. I believe God is telling me that He will provide a child for us but also that we must be willing to give up that child to God wholeheartedly, if not then we may not become blessed with a child. Don't get me wrong I am not saying I think God will literally ask us to "sacrifice" our child like He asked Abraham but I do believe that He is wanting us to be able to sacrifice our child to Him for whatever calling that may be in the child's life. What I mean by that is their calling to be in mission work away from home, become a preacher (if its a boy), or a teacher, etc. Whatever the case may be God wants us to basically "let go and let God" with the child's life.
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