Day 15

Kayla-


In Genesis Chapter 22, we read about the Lord providing. God had told Abraham, "Go to Moriah, and offer your only son, Isaac, whom you dearly love, as a burnt offering." Wow. It's so hard for me to read things like this sometimes. I think of God and who I know Him as and I wonder why He would tell Abraham to do this, before reading further (and pretending like I didn't know the outcome of this) I was like, "Really, God? You promised him this son, and now you are having him offer this son as a sacrifice?". And yes, God does ask Abraham to offer his son Isaac, as a burnt offerring. And Abraham never wavered. When God called out to him he always said, "Here I am." He never hid or tried to talk God out of it. Because he loved and trusted God. He trusted God's plan. When Isaac asked his father what they were going to offer, Abraham stated, "God will provide for himself the lamb." And God did, He provided a ram, not Isaac, in the end. And God taught us to trust in His provisions. 


I think what I really take from all of this God told him to OFFER his son. Abraham did, whole-heartledy, was willing to lay his sons life as an offering to God. He offered him to God, and God returned his offering with a wonderful gift. God loves us so much and gives us such good things. Abraham's treasure was in God, not his son. It's not sad. He loved his son, yes, very much I'm sure, but he also loved God to the extent that even if God's plan brought him pain and heartache, he would do that anyway. 


God calls us to let go of the most important 'things' in our life. Those temporary things. Maybe not let them go completely, but never let them take the place of Him. To be willing to offer whole selves to Him, willingly, and gladly. 


Blessings.




Derrick


"Stay dressed for action, be awake"...... all imperative statements in verses 35 and 36 of Luke 12...BE READY..... 


I really want to live my life so I am ready for Christ's return, i really want to hear well done Good servant. The desire of my heart is to serve God with everything he has entrusted to me... to be a good steward of my time, of my life. My life is to serve God fully, I can't wait till the day God calls me home. I want to be ready. While i know that while i live on this earth i will continue to sin. I want to be in that consistent habitual relationship with Christ. Where i repent of my daily sins and am restored into that relationship every single day...