Genesis Twenty-two….(v.1-8) Abraham's Greatest Test.
Verses 1-8….
Br now came to the greatest test in his whole life, and he had had many in his long life of walking with God. Some he had passed with flying colours, and others he had failed …..
So it is with us. Many tests come our way…let us make sure we meet each one of them with faith in God. By this time, Abraham had experienced God's power many times and his faith was strong, so when God told him to take his well beloved son and offer him as a human sacrifice, he obeyed without hesitation (Hebrews 11:17-19).
It is no use putting off doing something that has to be done, it gets no easier! Abraham told no-one the full reason of his trip, only that God had told him to go and make a sacrifice to Him. We read in the Hebrews verses that Abraham figured that as God had given him this son miraculously in the first place with all His promises tied up in him, that somehow he would raise him from the dead.
Isaac was curious, and asked where the lamb was for the sacrifice….they had everything else! Abraham couldn't bring himself to say at this stage, only that God would provide the lamb when the time came.
Abraham faced his greatest test, When asked to give his loved and best,
He just obeyed and went his way, Knowing that God would provide that day.
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